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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
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.
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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.
(Read Gene Tunney’s 1929 Britannica essay on boxing.)
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Although Body and Soul is not ostensibly a crime film, gangsters figure prominently in the rise and fall of the hero, Charlie Davis (played by John Garfield). Davis enters the boxing arena in an attempt to move up from poverty. He succeeds only to fall victim to the temptations of fame and fortune.
(Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.)
•Studio: United Artists
•Director: Robert Rossen
•Producer: Bob Roberts
•Writer: Abraham Polonsky
•Music: Hugo Friedhofer
•Running time: 104 minutes
•John Garfield (Charlie Davis)
•Lilli Palmer (Peg Born)
•Hazel Brooks (Alice)
•Anne Revere (Anna Davis)
•William Conrad (Quinn)
•Lloyd Goff (Roberts)
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Body and Soul is directed by Robert Rossen and written by Abraham Polonsky. It stars John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, Hazel Brooks, Anne Revere and William Conrad. Music is by Hugo Friedhofer and cinematography by James Wong Howe.
Lyricist (s) Edward Heyman. Robert Sour. Frank Eyton. "Body and Soul" is a popular song and jazz standard written in 1930 with music by Johnny Green and lyrics by Edward Heyman, Robert Sour and Frank Eyton. It was also used as the musical theme and underscoring in the American film noir boxing drama Body and Soul.
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.
