Body and Soul (1947), which stars John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, and Canada Lee, is written by screenwriter Abraham Polonsky and directed by Robert Rossen.   Mr. Polonsky received a best screenplay nomination from the Motion Picture Academy for this film. He would go on to write and direct Force of Evil the next year before being blacklisted from 1951 through 1968.

The story revolves around a boxer (Garfield) from the lower East side of New York who fights his way to champion, and then agrees to fix his last fight to get the big monetary payoff he thinks he deserves. Realizing he's been double-crossed by the gambling interests who've set up the fight, he exacts his revenge.

This publication of the complete script of Body and Soul blends the shooting script (written before the film was shot) and the continuity script (the elements which are contained in the finished film). 

The illustrated volume includes the complete text of "Fifty Grand" by Ernest Hemingway on which the screenplay is loosely based. Critical essays are written by:

• Abraham Polonsky (A Tribute to John Garfield)
• Dr. John Schultheiss (Artistic and Political Betrayal)
• Peter Valenti (Warner Bros. and HUAC)
• Mark Rappaport (Jewish Symbolism in the Movies)
• Kevin Lewis (Actor Canada Lee)
• and Joseph Janeti (Abe Polonsky's Final Days).