Philip BerrollArts & Entertainment Abraham Polonsky, Anne Revere, Berroll, blacklist, Body and Soul, Canada Lee, Charlie Davis, Dust Be My Destiny, Edward G. Robinson, everybody dies, Film Society Lincoln Center, Force of Evil, Four Daughters, Gentleman's Agreement, Group Theater, House Un-American Activities Committee, Jack London, James M. Cain, Joe Morse, John Garfield, Julius Garfinkle, Kazan, Keitel, Lana Turner, Odets, Pacino, Postman Always Rings Twice, Pride of the Marines, Resident, Robert Rossen, Strasberg, The Sea Wolf, They Made Me a Criminal, Warner Brothers
"What are you gonna do, kill me?" says John Garfield, as boxer Charlie Davis, to the mobster for whom he refuses to throw a fight. "Everybody dies!" The line is typical Garfield: defiant, but with an underlying sense of his own mortality. It's from the classic boxing drama Body and Soul (1947) – a highlight of the Film Society of Lincoln Center's series, “Running All The Way: The Films of John Garfield,” which runs for three weeks starting August 9. This retrospective is long overdue for an actor who despite a substantial body of work – more than 30 films, some legitimate classics – has never quite earned the iconic status of some of his contemporaries in the decades since his untimely death.
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