Body and Soul (Robert Rossen, 1947): USA

Reviewed by Byron Potau.  Viewed on DVD.  In 1947, Robert Rossen’s hard hitting boxing noir, Body and Soul, set the standard for boxing films to come.  Previously the boxing film was a stage for comic scenes like Chaplin in City Lights, and Buster Keaton in Battling Butler, or stories of triumph in the ring like … Continue reading Body and Soul (Robert Rossen, 1947): USA