在这部回头是岸剧情/传记/运动片中,洛奇（保罗·纽曼 Paul Newman 饰）出生在位于纽约的一个非常贫困的家庭之中，他的父亲曾经梦想成为一名拳击手，但可惜窘迫的生活条件让这个梦想最终化为了泡影，于是，这个失落的男人只能整日生活在郁郁寡欢之中，靠着酒精排遣内心的不满。
荷尔蒙爆棚的洛奇整天在大街上打架惹是生非，这让他和父亲之间的关系变得非常的糟糕。某日，洛奇得到了军中长官的赏识，在长官的鼓励之下，他决定去拳坛一试身手，因此意外发现了隐藏在基因里的天赋，从此走上了拳击的道路。拳击不仅拯救了洛奇，以化解了他和父亲之间长久的仇恨。
Rocky Graziano is building a career in crime, when he's finally caught and arrested. In jail, he is undisciplined, always getting into trouble. When he gets out after many years he has decided to start a new life. However, he is immediately drafted to the army. But they can't keep him and he goes AWOL. Rocky discovers boxing as a way of earning quick money, and is discovered as a new talent.
黄金时代的云云佳片。另一只“洛基”。
