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Body and Soul is a american film of genre Drama directed by George Bowers released in USA on 9 october 1981 with Jayne Kennedy
Body and Soul (1981)
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Add to a movie listBody and Soul is a 1981 film, written by and starring Leon Isaac Kennedy, and co-starring his then-wife Jayne Kennedy. Directed by George Bowers, it is a remake of the 1947 film, a story of corruption, violence and temptation between a boxer and a knockout.
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Le champion Léon ne veut pas devenir boxeur, mais pour sauver sa petite sœur qui nécessite des traitements médicaux, il décide de participer au titre pour financer les soins.Actors
Jayne Kennedy
(Julie Winters)
Perry Lang
(Charles Golphin)
Michael Vincenzo Gazzo
(Frankie)
Kim Hamilton
(Mrs. Johnson)
Peter Lawford
(Big Man)
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