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Body and Soul

Year:

1947

Duration:

104 min

Genres:

Drama | Film-Noir | Sport

IMDB rate:

7.8

Director:

Robert Rossen

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 1 win & 2 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1947-11-09

Filming Locations: New York City, New York, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Sid Melton

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

Larry Anzalone

Fighter Being Knocked Out (uncredited)

Eddie Borden

Man in Fight Crowd (uncredited)

James Burke

Arnold (uncredited)

George M. Carleton

Prizefight Doctor (uncredited)

Wheaton Chambers

Ben's Doctor (uncredited)

Mary Currier

Miss Tedder (uncredited)

Sayre Dearing

Bartender (uncredited)

Joe Devlin

Prince (uncredited)

Artie Dorrell

Jack Marlowe (uncredited)

Al Eben

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Ceferino García

Boxer in Training Camp (uncredited)

Joe Gray

Cornerman (uncredited)

Virginia Gregg

Irma (uncredited)

John Indrisano

Davis-Marlowe Fight Referee (uncredited)

Sheldon Jett

Sam - Pool Hall Proprietor (uncredited)

Milton Kibbee

Dan - Marlowe's Manager (uncredited)

Mike Lally

Timekeeper (uncredited)

Glen Lee

Marino (uncredited)

Theodore Lorch

Man at Weigh-in (uncredited)

George Magrill

Fight Stadium Cop (uncredited)

Pat McKee

Man in Fight Crowd (uncredited)

Harold Miller

Fight Crowd Extra (uncredited)

Forbes Murray

Weigh-in Official (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

Bartender (uncredited)

Mike Ragan

Ring Photographer (uncredited)

Frank Riggi

Boxer in Training Camp (uncredited)

Cyril Ring

Victor - Butler (uncredited)

Shimen Ruskin

Shimen (uncredited)

Tim Ryan

Jack Shelton (uncredited)

Art Smith

David Davis (uncredited)

Larry Steers

Man in Fight Crowd (uncredited)

Bert Stevens

Man at Party (uncredited)

Dan Tobey

Fight Announcer (uncredited)

George Tyne

Charlie's Friend (uncredited)

Sailor Vincent

Man in Fight Crowd (uncredited)

Peter Virgo

Drummer - Roberts' Bodyguard (uncredited)

John Wald

Ringside Announcer (uncredited)

Ulysses Williams

Boxer Getting Knocked Out (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

An extremely large number of the cast and crew on the film - writer Abraham Polonsky, actors John Garfield, Anne Revere, Lloyd Gough, Canada Lee, Art Smith, Shimen Ruskin, producer Bob Roberts and even, albeit to a lesser extent, cinematographer James Wong Howe - found themselves either blacklisted or greylisted during the HUAC witch hunts of the 1950s, while director Robert Rossen only avoided that fate by naming names.

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"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60-minute radio adaptation of the movie on November 15, 1948, with John Garfield reprising his film role.

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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.

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Goofs

In the first dressing room scene, there's a close-up of Quinn leaning against the wall. In the very next shot, he's standing a few feet in front of the wall, then backs up and leans against it again.

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Charley Davis's fiancee, Peg, leaves him a note and misspells his name, "Charlie."

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Quotes

Charlie Davis: Get yourself a new boy. I retire.

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Charlie Davis: I don't want any handouts. Do you think I like waiting around for the whole world to make up its mind what to do with me? My mother don't understand.

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Anna Davis: I did it to buy myself fancy clothes? Fool! It's for you! To learn, to get an education, to make something of yourself!

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