Diedre
Three women start a lunch wagon business but run into stiff resistance from a competitor.
Linda
The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
Meg
Marshall "Big Jim" Cole turns in his badge and heads to Wyoming with his family in order to settle on some land left him by a relative. He faces opposition both from a neighbor who wants that land for his own sons, and from a grizzly bear nicknamed "Satan" who keeps killing Cole's livestock.
Tommy Jo
A young Texas cowgirl raises a prize-winning calf, whose presence helps her recover from polio.