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Title: Body and Soul (1947)
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Cast
| Complete credited cast: | |||
| 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 (as Lloyd Goff) | |
| Canada Lee | ... | Ben Chaplin | |
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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. Written by Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
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A new climax in entertainment from THE ENTERPRISE STUDIOS See more »Parents Guide:
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Quinn: You could use a new paint job yourself.
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A remarkable 12 members of the cast and crew had been or went on to become directors: actors William Conrad, Sid Melton, George Tyne and Joseph Pevney, writer Abraham Polonsky, cinematographer James Wong Howe, editor Robert Parrish, supervising editor Francis D. Lyon, montage director Gunther von Fritsch, art director Nathan Juran (aka Nathan Hertz), assistant director Robert Aldrich and script supervisor Don Weis. Additionally, set decorator Edward G. Boyle directed a film in the silent era. See more »Goofs
The story takes place in the early to mid-1930s, but all of the women's hair styles and costumes are strictly 1947, as are the fashion design sketches in Peg's apartment. See more »Quotes
Alice: Don't romance me, Quinn, you're getting old.Quinn: You could use a new paint job yourself.
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11 November 1947 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Body and Soul See more »Filming Locations:
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Great flick. I loved it for two reasons: simplicity and realism - about life and about professional sports. Its a clearly drawn sketch of a guy like Charley. Garfield is at his best. He is totally credible. Everything is clear: Peg is all good - all giving. Alice the vamp is one hundred percent evil. So is the promoter, Roberts. A subtle contrast versus these black and whites is Garfield's character because he is flawed. He changes moral coloring as the plot progressives. They stay the same. We know the good guys and girls right away. No moral obscurity here. Clearly an old-fashioned movie - this is the way they used to be. No car chases, no mega-explosions, and no moral relativity either. And there's a plot, too. We need more of these.