奥黛丽·托特

　　Righteous district attorney Joseph Foster's main goal in life is to rid his city of the gangsters infesting it. In order to be even more efficient in his war against crime he plans to run for governor. One day he meets a strange, shadowy man, Nick Beal, who offers to help him to achieve his end. Beal convinces hesitating Foster by dint of easy money, easy sex with an alluring young woman and the promise of easy success. Joseph Foster soon becomes an influential politician but a corrupt one. A minister of God manages to show him that he has been the plaything of the so-called Nick Beal, who might be "Old Nick" , that is to say Satan himself. Foster then decides to resign and to become an honest man again.

　　比尔（罗伯特·瑞安 Robert Ryan 饰）是一名职业拳击手，他和女友朱莉（奥黛丽·托特 Audrey Totter 饰）之间的感情十分要好，朱莉是他在比赛中的精神支柱。时常生活在窘困之中的比尔好胜心非常的强，因为输掉比赛意味着他将颗粒无收，所以他必须赢。　　在一场比赛中，比尔的对手是名为奈尔森（哈尔·贝勒 Hal Baylor 饰）的强壮男子，在比赛之前，教练告诉比尔，这是一场被黑道操纵的比赛，在擂台上，比尔必须认输。然而，在激烈的比赛之中，处于劣势的比尔不愿屈服与黑帮的强权，最终靠着惊人的实力达到了奈尔森。比尔虽然赢得了比赛，却惹恼了一直在背地里操纵着比赛的黑帮。