Body And Soul Young Charles Davis an amateur boxer of promise! With a passion and the power, meets life's choices when his father dies and he becomes the breadwinner in the family. Davis moves from promoter to promoter as his career progresses. The important choices are apparent when the latest promoters schemes lead to boxings dark side and the underworld.
Champion Midge Kelly, hitchhiking west with lame brother Connie, is hustled unprepared into a pro boxing match. Though he's severely beaten, manager Tommy Haley finds him promising. Arrived in California, Midge and Connie find nothing but a menial job from which Midge gets relief by seducing Emma, a lovely young waitress. One shotgun marriage later, ambitious Midge falls back on the only option he knows, boxing. Seduced by cheering crowds, money, and a succession of blondes, Midge becomes more and more of a hero in public