john garfield deliver a worthy oscar nominate performance in the story of body and soul . poor and from a tough neighborhood and garfield see box a a way out of his current existence . a usual and veteran pro and anne revere and be call upon to play garfield mom . this terrific oscar win actress ( 1944 for national velvet and in a supporting role ) play just about everyone mom in hollywood during the 1940s . mom to gregory peck in gentleman agreement and linda darnell mother in forever amber and montgomery clift mom in a place in the sun and jennifer jones amother in the song of bernadette . to me and miss revere and who be a descendant from paul revere and deliver a memorable line in the movie . to paraphrase and she state represent i want you to be respect . i want you to be a teacher . sure and in 1947 and the teaching profession be look up to to use a pun and it be revere . unfortunately and this great line have be overshadow by the line and everybody dy . must we always be true to life . a hard nosed and gripping film deal not only with human emotion and but the fight ring as well along with it corruption . a film exhibit one wallop of a punch .