Episodic story in six acts ("The Manly Art in Six Rounds") about young boxer Vic Bealer (played by Jon Voight) in search for some direction in his life.
Brooks Wilson is in crisis. He is torn between his wife Selma and two daughters and his mistress Grace, and also between his career as a successful illustrator and his feeling that he might still produce something worthwhile.
Basado en sucesos reales. En Boston, entre 1962 y 1964, trece mujeres fueron brutalmente estranguladas por Robert de Salvo, un fontanero felizmente casado y con una vida aparentemente normal.
