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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.
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.
Feb 24, 2019 · With John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, Hazel Brooks, Anne Revere and William Conrad.
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.
Body and Soul. When amateur boxer Charley Davis (John Garfield) wins his first big match, he attracts the interest of small-time promoter Quinn (William Conrad). After Davis' father (Art...
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Jul 21, 2017 · Mrs. Davis wants her son to go to night school, leave boxing behind, and make an honest living. Pool halls and speakeasies are not a place to make a life for oneself, much less a boxing ring. And Charley tries to make an honest go of it for a time, but he’s going nowhere fast.
Like Golden Boy (1939), Garfield's Body and Soul (1947), made by his own production company, Enterprise, is routinely and short-sightedly listed among the great boxing movies. But both films are much more thematically ambitious.
