Ende der 40er Jahre schlägt sich der New Yorker Berufsboxer Jake LaMotta, wegen seiner ungezügelten Energie von Freund wie Feind "Raging Bull" genannt, zum Schwergewichtschampion und Liebling des nach einem weißen Helden gierenden Publikums hoch. Unschöne Machenschaften seines mafiösen Bekanntenkreises und die eigene charakterliche Labilität sorgen dafür, daß der Höhenflug nicht allzu lange andauert, und so schlägt Jake nach seinem letzten Auftritt im Boxring eine Karriere als mäßig erfolgreicher Nachtclub-Komiker ein.
Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo — Orchestra of Bologna Municop Theatra
Cow Cow Boogie — Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots
Whispering Grass (Don't Tell The Trees) — The Ink Spots
Two O'Clock Jump — Harry James and His Orchestra
All or Nothing At All — Harry James & Frank Sinatra
Drum Boogie — Gene Krupa and His Orchestra
Webster Hall — Robbie Robertson
Big Noise from Winnetka — Bob Crosby & His Orchestra
Frenesi — Artie Shaw and His Orchestra
Do I Worry? — The Ink Spots
Jersey Bounce — Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
Prisoner of Love — Russ Columbo, Nat Shilkret's Orchestra
Just One More Chance — Bing Crosby, Victor Young's Orchestra
Flash — Harry James and His Orchestra
My Reverie — Larry Clinton and His Orchestra
Stornelli Fiorentini — Carol Buti
Silvano: Barcarolle — Orchestra of Bologna Municop Theatra
Stone Cold Dead in the Market (feat. Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five) — Ella Fitzgerald
Nao Tenho Lágrimas — Patrício Teixeira
Heartaches — Ted Weems and His Orchestra
A New Kind Of Love — Robbie Robertson
Till Then — The Mills Brothers
Mona Lisa — Nat "King" Cole
That's My Desire — Frankie Laine & Mannie Klein's All-Stars
Guglielmo Ratcliff: Intermezzo — Orchestra of Bologna Municop Theatra
Bye Bye Baby — Marilyn Monroe
That's Entertainment — Robert De Niro
Blue Velvet — Tony Bennett
Scapricciatiello — Renato Carosone
Come Fly With Me — Frank Sinatra
Just a Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody — Keely Smith & Louis Prima
Lonely Nights — The Hearts
Prisoner of Love — Perry Como, Andrew Kastelanetz Orchestra
At Last — Robbie Robertson