Boxer Jake La Motta (Robert De Niro), with his face hidden in the monk-like hood of his leopard-skin robe, warms up alone in the ring by shadow-boxing into the smoky air.As a "non-com," Warden risks twenty years in Leavenworth prison for sleeping with a commissioned officer""s wife:Karen: I didn""t think you were coming." To his consternation when they discuss their upcoming marriage, Alice expresses her obsessed dedication to his work as an extension of their marriage.A book cover portrays the main character [Sullivan] and his female companion [The Girl] dressed as tramp-costumed hoboes.