Body and Soul

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Body and Soul is a 1947 American film noir boxing drama renowned for its gritty realism, social commentary, and one of John Garfield’s most acclaimed performances.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf boxing film
film
film noir
sports drama film
academyAward Academy Award for Best Actor nomination for John Garfield
Academy Award for Best Film Editing nomination
Academy Award for Best Writing Original Screenplay nomination
blackAndWhite true
cinematographicStyle expressionistic boxing sequences
cinematographyBy James Wong Howe
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Robert Rossen
distributedBy United Artists
editedBy Robert Parrish
era Hollywood Golden Age
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
filmingProcess 35 mm
genre boxing film
drama film
film noir
sports film
hasInfluenceOn later boxing films
mainCharacter Charley Davis
motionPictureRating Passed by Production Code Administration
musicBy Hugo Friedhofer
notableFor John Garfield performance
gritty realism
social commentary
originalLanguage English
portrayedBy John Garfield
producer Bob Roberts
productionCompany Enterprise Productions
releaseDateUS November 11, 1947
releaseYear 1947
runtimeMinutes 104
screenplayBasedOn original screenplay
screenwriter Abraham Polonsky
setIn New York City
soundMix mono
starring Anne Revere
Canada Lee
Hazel Brooks
John Garfield
Lilli Palmer
William Conrad
theme corruption in professional boxing
moral compromise
social inequality

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Anne Revere notableWork Body and Soul
John Garfield notableWork Body and Soul
Garfinkle notableWork Body and Soul
subject surface form: John Garfield