Jake la Motta es un joven boxeador que se entrena duramente, ayudado por su hermano Joey, para convertirse en el número uno de los pesos medios. Pronto consigue ver hecho realidad tan ansiado sueño, pero el triunfo y el éxito convierten su vida en una pesadilla. Por un lado, su matrimonio cada vez marcha peor debido a sus salidas nocturnas con otras mujeres; por otro, la mafia le presiona para que amañe combates. En poco tiempo gasta todo el capital del que dispone, para volver nuevamente a pasar todo tipo de penurias.
Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo — Orchestra of Bologna Municop Theatra
Cow Cow Boogie — Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots
Whispering Grass (Don't Tell The Trees) — The Ink Spots
Two O'Clock Jump — Harry James and His Orchestra
All or Nothing At All — Harry James & Frank Sinatra
Drum Boogie — Gene Krupa and His Orchestra
Webster Hall — Robbie Robertson
Big Noise from Winnetka — Bob Crosby & His Orchestra
Frenesi — Artie Shaw and His Orchestra
Do I Worry? — The Ink Spots
Jersey Bounce — Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
Prisoner of Love — Russ Columbo, Nat Shilkret's Orchestra
Just One More Chance — Bing Crosby, Victor Young's Orchestra
Flash — Harry James and His Orchestra
My Reverie — Larry Clinton and His Orchestra
Stornelli Fiorentini — Carol Buti
Silvano: Barcarolle — Orchestra of Bologna Municop Theatra
Stone Cold Dead in the Market (feat. Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five) — Ella Fitzgerald
Nao Tenho Lágrimas — Patrício Teixeira
Heartaches — Ted Weems and His Orchestra
A New Kind Of Love — Robbie Robertson
Till Then — The Mills Brothers
Mona Lisa — Nat "King" Cole
That's My Desire — Frankie Laine & Mannie Klein's All-Stars
Guglielmo Ratcliff: Intermezzo — Orchestra of Bologna Municop Theatra
Bye Bye Baby — Marilyn Monroe
That's Entertainment — Robert De Niro
Blue Velvet — Tony Bennett
Scapricciatiello — Renato Carosone
Come Fly With Me — Frank Sinatra
Just a Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody — Keely Smith & Louis Prima
Lonely Nights — The Hearts
Prisoner of Love — Perry Como, Andrew Kastelanetz Orchestra
At Last — Robbie Robertson