At first, the proud and bald King refused o see her, as relayed by the Kralahome: "King in bad spirit oday...without a cane."In the shadows of the club""s rear fire escape steps, 19 year-old Susan Hunsecker (Susan Harrison), wearing an expensive mink coat, eagerly awaits her forbidden lover.Film Notables (Awards, Facts, etc.)The second sequel in the original five film series.This was the firstRockypicture to begin with Rocky as the champion.With a production budget of $12.5 million, and box-office gross receipts of $124 million (domestic).With one Academy Awards nomination: Best Original Song (the popular Survivor smash-hit "Eye of the Tiger," the film""s theme song).At the bar, Rocky watched the evening sportscast on television - an interview with the reigning World Heavyweight boxing champ - a flamboyant, arrogant black fighter (Muhammed Ali-inspired) named Apollo Creed (football star Carl Weathers), about an upcoming, much-publicized ""Bicentennial Fight"" between Creed and Mac Lee Green at the Spectrum.