Ex-Champ

A broken-down alcoholic prizefighter struggles to keep custody of his adoring son.

Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.

บิลลี่เคยเป็นนักมวยฝีมือดี แต่ตอนนี้เขาใช้ชีวิตแบบยากลำบากโดยหมกมุ่นอยู่กับการดื่มเหล้า ฝึกม้า และใช้ชีวิตที่สดใสในชีวิตของเขา นั่นคือลูกชายตัวน้อยของเขา ที.เจ. แม้ว่าบิลลี่จะมีสิทธิ์ปกครองดูแลที.เจ. ตั้งแต่แอนนี่ภรรยาของเขาทิ้งครอบครัวไปเมื่อหลายปีก่อน แต่การกลับมาของเธอทำให้อดีตนักมวยคนนี้ต้องดิ้นรนอีกครั้ง บิลลี่มุ่งมั่นที่จะรักษาลูกชายไว้ เขาจึงกลับขึ้นสังเวียนอีกครั้งเพื่อพยายามกอบกู้ความสำเร็จในอดีตของเขา

A charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.

An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.

A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.

When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine gets out of prison, he decides to straighten up. Armed with nothing but an old drum set, Frankie tries to get honest work as a drummer. But when his former employer and his old drug dealer re-enter his life, Frankie finds it hard to stay clean and eventually finds himself succumbing to his old habits.

Farmer Jabez Stone, about to lose his land, agrees to sell his soul to the devil, known as Mr. Scratch, who gives Jabez seven years to enjoy the fruits of his sale before he collects. Over that time, Jabez pays off his debts and helps many neighboring farmers, then becomes an advocate for the upstanding Sen. Daniel Webster. When Jabez's contract with Mr. Scratch concludes, he desperately turns to Webster to represent him in a trial for his soul.

When an employee at an illegal gambling den dies suspiciously, her sister, Nancy, looks into the situation and falls for Johnny O'Clock, a suave partner in the underground casino. Selfish and non-committal by nature, Johnny slowly begins to return Nancy's affection and decides to run away with her, but conflict within his business threatens their plans. As Johnny tries to distance himself from the casino, his shady past comes back to haunt him.

One unlucky evening, Louis Cropa, a part-time bookmaker, discovers that his restaurant has become a hotbed of conflicting characters. In addition to having to please a whiny food critic, Louis must fend off a hostile takeover from a pair of gangsters, to whom his sous-chef is in debt. Further, Louis has an argument with his son, the star chef, whose culinary creativity has brought success to the business.