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Body and Soul is a american film of genre Drama directed by Alfred Santell released in USA on 22 february 1931 with Charles Farrell

Body and Soul (1931)

Body and Soul
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Released in USA 22 february 1931
Length 1h10
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    War,    Romance
Rating69% 3.4512453.4512453.4512453.4512453.451245

Body and Soul (1931) is an American Pre-Code action and drama film directed by Alfred Santell. The story, adapted from the stage play Squadrons by Elliott White Springs and A.E. Thomas, depicts Royal Air Force pilots in World War I. The film stars Charles Farrell, Elissa Landi, Humphrey Bogart and Myrna Loy.

Synopsis

In World War I, American pilots Mal Andrews (Charles Farrell), Tap Johnson (Don Dillaway) and Jim Watson (Humphrey Bogart) enrol in a Royal Air Force squadron. Mal and Tap are worried that their friend Jim is cheating on his new bride. When General Trafford Jones (Ian MacLaren) arrives to evaluate the squadron, he criticizes its lack of discipline and poor effort in aerial battles. Consequently, the general orders Watson to undertake a near-suicidal mission to shoot down an enemy balloon for his first flight with the squadron. Secretly, Mal joins him aboard the aircraft and when Jim is killed in the air battle, his friend manages to complete the mission and make it look like the dead pilot was a hero.

Actors

Charles Farrell

(Mal Andrews)Elissa Landi

(Carla)Humphrey Bogart

(Jim Watson)Myrna Loy

(Alice Lester)Don Dillaway

(Tap Johnson)
And :
Crauford Kent
Ian Maclaren
Douglas Walton
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