Plot SynopsisBehind the credits, the film opens in Los Angeles with one of the three teenagers, the major character, lone troublemaker Jim Stark (James Dean) seen tipsy-drunk in the darkness, lying contentedly (in a fetal position) on a sidewalk curb with a beatific smile on his face.It""s a second shot at the, I don""t know, the biggest title in the world.And you""re gonna be swapping punches with the most dangerous fighter in the world.And just in case, you know, your brain ain""t workin"" so good, all this happens pretty soon and you ain""t ready.[Note: This was Hammett""s fifth and final novel, written following the hard-boiled noirsThe Maltese FalconandThe Glass Key.Rocky ordered Paulie to cut his gloves off and then climbed back into the ring.He was able to punch back like a streetfighter with pounding fists to Thunderlips"" midsection, and put his towering opponent into a stranglehold.