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Charlie Davis, an amateur boxer living in Irish Chicago, defeats all odds by cycling through the amateur circuit and taking down everyone in his path. He is taken on by a promoter after proving himself to the bigtime recruiter. Before he knows it, Charlie is in a world of trouble and is headed straight for disaster. The film is “Body and Soul”, and it is truly one of the most inspiring and dignifying classics I have ever seen. Written by the legend, Abraham Polonsky, “Body and Soul” is one of those movies that makes you look at yourself and question your own relationships, before you get too wrapped up in things of less importance, such as money. The film starts out in a city scene; downtown Chicago. A young man, wrapped up in the world of amateur boxing, is busy trying to prove his hard-headedness to his family, friends, and most of all, himself. Early in the movie, Charlie loses his father to a thief trying to rob his family’s store.