After going down in the fifth round, boxer Bud Gordon bowed out of the limelight. Now residing in a fixer-upper apartment in New Jersey with his girlfriend, Bud longs for his former Manhattan glory. In an effort to get back in the game, he makes a deal with a crooked restaurateur. But quick schemes rarely bring easy pay-offs and as the consequences of his business negotiations unfold, Bud has to make a choice between his integrity and his aspirations.
Corey Stoll
as Bud Gordon
Billy Crudup
as J.J. Cook
Marin Ireland
as Ellen Doyle
Yul Vazquez
as Roberto Flash
Kelly Lynch
as Mae Graham
John Douglas Thompson
as Lou Gibson
Katherine Waterston
as Patricia Petals O'Neal
Halley Feiffer
as Kathryn Glassman
David Johansen
as Stanley Loori
Ron Cephas Jones
as Ray Ellington
Cortez Nance Jr.
as Hernandez Alou
Elizabeth Rodriguez
as Rita Sierra
