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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. The screenplay by Abraham Polonsky is partly based on the 1939 film Golden Boy.
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
For the boxing scenes of Body and Soul (1947), he entered the boxing ring on roller-skates, carrying an early hand-held camera. Picnic (1955) features a very early example of the helicopter shot, filmed by the second-unit cinematographer, Haskell Wexler, and planned by Wexler and Howe.
Director. Abraham Polonsky. Screenplay. Written by John Chard on May 26, 2019. Charley Davis, against the wishes of his mother, becomes a boxer. As he becomes more successful the fighter becomes surrounded by shady characters, including an unethical promoter named Roberts, who tempt the man with a number of vices.
Hugo Friedhofer. Nathan Juran. Robert Parrish. John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, William Conrad, Anne Revere, Joseph Pevney, Hazel Brooks, Lloyd Gough, Canada Lee. O ne of the original boxing noirs, Robert Rossen’s Body and Soul contains more drama than crime but features consistently exceptional performances and an outstanding script that ...
The influence of Body and Soul (1947) can be seen in every boxing film that followed, including such classics as Champion (1949) and Raging Bull (1980). Gritty realism, harsh lighting and a cynical view of the sport became the standard for fight films after the popular success of Body and Soul .
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.
