Body & Soul

John Garfield delivers an Oscar-nominated performance in this story of driving ambition in and out of the ring.

Garfield stars as Charley Davis, a strong-willed young prizefighter whose ruthless quest for a shot at the title forces him to mortgage his humanity to a Mafia-run boxing syndicate -- plunging him into a whirlpool of deceit, double-dealing -- and death. But when faced with the chance to regain his self-respect, Charley climbs into the ring one last time...

Widely regarded as one of the best boxing stories ever made, Body And Soul boasts a strong supporting cast, an Oscar-nominated screenplay by Abraham Polonsky and a 1947 Oscar for Best Editing.