خلاصه داستان : یک جنگجوی سابق که تبدیل به شهروند نیوجرسی شده است، در حالی که شروع به برقراری ارتباط با خواهر غمگین یکی از قربانیان سندیکا می کند، تلاش می کند تا در برابر روسای اتحادیه فاسد خود، از جمله برادر بزرگترش، بایستد.

A dim-witted yet kind-hearted boxer, Terry Malloy, who failed to succeed unintentionally lures a man to his death after being tricked by a criminal called Johnny Friendly whose men pick of every man who has the courage to speak up to their crimes. As he works on the waterfronts that Friendly owns, he is sent to a church meeting run by a good preacher about how to deal with the problem and runs into the dead man’s sister. Slowly, he falls in love with her and begins to feel guilt about his crime.