“All for you...”
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.
Robert Rossen
Bob Roberts
Abraham Polonsky
James Wong Howe
Hugo Friedhofer
John Garfield
Charley Davis
Lilli Palmer
Peg Born
Hazel Brooks
Alice
Anne Revere
Anna Davis
William Conrad
Quinn
Joseph Pevney
Shorty Polaski
Lloyd Gough
Roberts
Canada Lee
Ben Chaplin
Larry Anzalone
Fighter Being Knocked Out (uncredited)
Al Bain
Club Patron (uncredited)
Steve Benton
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Eddie Borden
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
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John Chard
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 Won...
CinemaSerf
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 b...
Body and Soul (1947)
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Enterprise Productions
United Artists