
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.
Roy JensonFighter (uncredited)
Kenner G. KempFight Comissioner's Assistant (uncredited)
Jeffrey SayreRingside Reporter, Zale Fight (uncredited)
John EldredgeReformatory Warden George Niles (uncredited)
Michael DanteShorty the Greek (uncredited)James Dean was signed to play 'Rocky Graziano' but the part was given to Paul Newman after Dean was killed in an automobile accident on 30 September 1955.
Rocky Graziano:
You know, I've been lucky. Somebody up there likes me.
Mrs. Norma Graziano:
Somebody down here too.
Anachronisms: When Norma asks Benny for directions how to get home after meeting Rocky in the early 1940s, he tells her to take a Subway route that did not exist until 1954.
Music by Bronislau Kaper
Lyrics By Sammy Cahn
Sung by Perry Como
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