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  1. 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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  2. Body and Soul: Directed by George Bowers. With Leon Isaac Kennedy, Jayne Kennedy, Perry Lang, Nikki Swasey Seaton. A young man struggles to become a boxing champ, but success blinds him. It is only through the love of his girlfriend that he is brought back to reality.

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    • Drama, Sport
    • George Bowers
    • 1981-10-09
  3. Garfield stars as Charley Davis, a strong-willed young prizefighter whose ruthless quest for a shot at the title forces him to mortgage his humanity to a corrupt boxing syndicate.

  4. 1 day ago · The Production: 4.5/5 In the annuls of boxing films from Hollywood’s Golden Age, Robert Rossen’s Body and Soul stands above the rest. With its rich selection of characters physiologically probed through less than two hours, Body and Soul provides action, suspense, melodrama, and tenderness in almost equal measure, unique in a movie where men battle one another within a ring and battle for ...

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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)

    • Lee Pfeiffer
  5. 1981 · 1 hr 46 min. R. Drama · Sport. Success goes to the head of a cocky boxing champ, who risks losing the love of his girlfriend, until a life-changing choice slams him down to reality. Starring: Leon Isaac Kennedy Jayne Kennedy Muhammad Ali Mike Gazzo Peter Lawford. Directed by: George Bowers.

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  7. Currently you are able to watch "Body and Soul" streaming on ScreenPix Apple TV Channel. Synopsis A young man struggles to become a boxing champ, but success blinds him.

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