Joseph Buloff

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.

In this drama featuring performances by classical music icons, a mother's dreams become reality when her pianist son takes the stage at Carnegie Hall.