World in My Corner (1956)

A scrappy fighter from Jersey City named Tommy Shea born in a dump educated in an alley catches the eye of wealthy businessman Robert Mallinson who allows him to train at his Long Island estate Shea soon falls for Mallinsons daughter Dorothy but fears he doesnt have the money to support her in proper style To get this money Shea decides to work with crooked fightpromoter Harry Cram even though this means dropping his honest manager Dave Bernstein As the big fight approaches however Shea begins to have second thoughts