Body and Soul
1947·United States·104 min.
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Charley Davis wins an amateur boxing match and is taken on by promoter Quinn. Charley's mother doesn't want him to fight, but when Charley's father is accidentally killed, Charley sets up a fight for money. His career blooms as he wins fight after fight, but soon an unethical promoter named Roberts begins to show an interest in Charley, and Charley finds himself faced with increasingly difficult choices.
DirectorRobert Rossen
ScreenwriterAbraham Polonsky
MusicHugo Friedhofer
CinematographyJames Wong Howe
CastJohn Garfield·Lilli Palmer·Hazel Brooks·Anne Revere·William Conrad·Joseph Pevney·Lloyd Gough·Canada Lee
Original titleBody and Soul