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Robert DeNiro plays 'Harry Fabian', a two-bit lawyer; the film is set in New York. While embroiled in a lawsuit involving a boxer, Fabian becomes fascinated with the world of championship prizefights. Always susceptible to get-rich-quick schemes, Fabian tries to organize his own big boxing event, but to do that he needs the help of hardnosed promoter Alan King--and to get to King, Fabian uses the promoter's father, former boxer Jack Warden, to act as front man. Fabian scurries around lying and double-dealing in order to sell percentages of the upcoming bout, while King warns Fabian of the consequences should anything unfortunate happen to the ailing Warden.(AMG) HENRY MILLIGAN. |
