Hank Rolike

Rocky -- Rocky Balboa is a struggling Philadelphia boxer who is scorned by his gym's owner, patronized by a loan shark and rebuffed by a shy 'plain-Jane', whose butcher brother keeps engineering a romantic match. Rocky would have remained in this rut had not heavyweight champion Apollo Creed come up with the Bicentennial gimmick to give a chance for a 'nobody' to become a 'somebody'. The 'Italian Stallion' trains earnestly and goes the distance...against all odds!

Four best friends and perpetual losers -- Dooley (Tim Conway), Lou (Harvey Korman), Elton (Jack Weston) and Stump (Ted Wass) -- obtain their meager pleasure in life from betting on the ponies. But when they fall for a con man's promise to fix a race, the perils of gambling almost skin them alive. To place their bet, the pals borrow $5,000 from the mob and then learn that their horse is an ancient nag that can barely stand up, much less win a race.