- Title: Body and Soul
- Original Title: Body and Soul
- Release Date: 11/11/1947
- Tagline: All for you...
- Duration:104 Min / 01:44
- Country:US
- Genre:Drama
About Film
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. Charley finds himself faced with increasingly difficult choices.
Movie Rating: 6.73
Total Votes: 104
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John Chard
7/10
He could've had the whole world. So he leaned over sideways and grabbed you.
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.
A talented boxer's career begins to...
Geronimo1967
7/10
I always thought that John Garfield was one of the most under-rated of actors; he made some great films - and this is one of them. He is the down at heel, amateur boxer "Charley" who lives with his decent and upstanding mother "Anna" (Anne Revere) pretty much hand to mouth. When he wins an amateur bout, promoter "Quinn" (William Conrad) picks...
