" Cody""s old, hawkish mother or Ma (Margaret Wycherly, who also played a different kind of ""mother figure"" inSergeant York (1941)) is stirring stew on the stove, and Cody""s voluptuous blonde wife Verna Jarrett (Virginia Mayo) is asleep in an adjoining back bedroom.Koba approached Caesar""s son and encouraged: "Don""t feel bad, Blue Eyes.Scars make you strong." [Note: Previously Koba was a survivor of cruel laboratory torture, and held a grudge against all humans.Rocky (1976)d.John G.Avildsen, 119 minutesFilm Plot SummaryThe film opened on November 25, 1975 with a low-paying boxing match in Philadelphia between bull-necked Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) and his opponent Spider Rico.While the non-restricted patients board a field trip bus during a restorative outdoor exercise period, he teaches those left behind, including the Chief, an "old Indian game" - basketball, in a fenced-in court.