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Body and Soul is a 1947 American film noir sports drama directed by Robert Rossen and starring John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, Hazel Brooks, Anne Revere, and William Conrad. [5] . The screenplay by Abraham Polonsky is partly based on the 1939 film Golden Boy. [6] .
Body and Soul: Directed by Robert Rossen. With John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, Hazel Brooks, Anne Revere. A talented boxer's young career hits difficult terrain when an unethical promoter takes interest in him.
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- Drama, Film-Noir, Sport
- Robert Rossen
- 1947-11-11
Body and Soul ★★★½ An Affair of the Heart 1947. Charlie Davis (Garfield) is a Jewish boxer whose parents want him to quit the ring and get an education. Instead, he rises quickly to the top, thanks in part to gangster “protector” Roberts (Goff). After becoming a champ, Charlie starts the inevitable downward slide.
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Article History. Body and Soul, American dramatic film, released in 1947, that highlighted the seedy underbelly of the boxing industry. Many consider it one of the best films about the sport, especially noted for its realistic fight scenes.
- Lee Pfeiffer
Feb 15, 2020 · Body and Soul is a 1947 American film noir sports drama directed by Robert Rossen, and features John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, Hazel Brooks, Anne Revere and William Conrad. The film, written by Abraham Polonsky with cinematography by James Wong Howe, is considered by some to be high among the best films about boxing.
- 105 min
After an opening sequence in which Jewish boxer Charley Davis (John Garfield) returns home to his shocked mother Anna (Anne Revere) and overwrought wife Peg (Lilli Palmer), the film enters an extended flashback to narrate Charley’s rise as a world champion boxer and ultimate corruption by high society to alienate the two women who love him most.
Body and Soul is a 1947 American film noir sports drama directed by Robert Rossen and starring John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, Hazel Brooks, Anne Revere, and William Conrad. [5] . The screenplay by Abraham Polonsky is partly based on the 1939 film Golden Boy . [6] .
