Michael Gordon (Dane Clark) is taken with Laurie Rogers (Alexis Smith) who had purchased his first painting. They have a fling. She leaves abruptly and he follows her to New York City. She's actually a nightclub singer married to the owner Rex Durant (Zachary Scott). Michael is actually former boxer Mike Angelo and knocks out a contender. Rex is also a wheelchair bound former boxer. He offers to promote Rex's reluctant return to the ring. There is more actually but those would be spoilers.
This starts with a bit of confusion. He's a painter. He's the scrawny artist type and suddenly he's a tough muscled boxer. I didn't connect him with the opening boxing sequence and the switch threw me for a loop. It doesn't help that he has two names. I do like Michael and Laurie's initial meeting but the story gets more and more convoluted. The story does lose me with a twist or two. It ends with a gunfight out of nowhere and that's a bit abrupt. All in all, I like the beginning but the movie loses me somewhat.
This starts with a bit of confusion. He's a painter. He's the scrawny artist type and suddenly he's a tough muscled boxer. I didn't connect him with the opening boxing sequence and the switch threw me for a loop. It doesn't help that he has two names. I do like Michael and Laurie's initial meeting but the story gets more and more convoluted. The story does lose me with a twist or two. It ends with a gunfight out of nowhere and that's a bit abrupt. All in all, I like the beginning but the movie loses me somewhat.