Body and Soul(a.k.a. "An Affair of the Heart")
US (1947): Sports/Drama/Film-Noir
Charlie Davis (John Garfield) wins an amateur boxing match and is taken on by promoter Quinn (William Conrad). Charlie's mother (Anne Revere) doesn't want him to fight, but when Charlie's father is accidentally killed, Charlie sets up a fight for money. His career blooms as he wins fight after fight, but soon an unethical promoter named Roberts (Lloyd Gough) begins to show an interest in Charlie, and Charlie finds himself faced with increasingly difficult choices. Lilli Palmer and Hazel Brooks support. Robert Rossen directs. To get a more fluid camera movement in the boxing ring, cinematographer James Wong Howe filmed the fight while holding the camera and being pushed by an assistant as he wore roller skates. (Enterprise/UA) (IMDb)
Remade in 1981 with Leon Isaac Kennedy, Jayne Kennedy, Michael V. Gazzo, Muhammed Ali and Peter Lawford, and again in 1998 with Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini, Michael Chiklis, Jennifer Beals, Rod Steiger and Joe Mantegna.
3 nominations, 1 Award
· Best Film Editing 1947: Francis Lyon, Robert Parrish
· Actor 1947: John Garfield
· Writing (Original Screenplay) 1947: Abraham Polonsky