Abraham Polonsky

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Abraham Lincoln Polonsky (December 5, 1910 - October 26, 1999) was an American film director, Academy-Award-nominated screenwriter, essayist, and novelist blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studios in the 1950s, in the midst of the McCarthy era.

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Known For

Madigan

Odds Against Tomorrow

Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here

Force of Evil

Body and Soul

Avalanche Express

Monsignor

I Can Get It for You Wholesale

Golden Earrings

Acting

2001

FBI contre Hollywood as Self

1998

Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream as Himself

1996

Red Hollywood as Self

1984

Abraham Polonsky

1981

Innere Sicherheit: Abraham Polonsky as Himself

Writing

1982

Monsignor as Screenplay

1981

Body and Soul as Original Film Writer

1979

Avalanche Express as Screenplay

1969

Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here as Writer

1968

Madigan as Screenplay

1959

Odds Against Tomorrow as Screenplay

1951

I Can Get It for You Wholesale as Screenplay

1950

Force of Evil as Screenplay

1947

Golden Earrings as Screenplay

Body and Soul as Screenplay

Directing

1971

Romance of a Horsethief as Director

1969

Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here as Director

1950

Force of Evil as Director

Creator

1965

Seaway as Creator

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Birthday

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Abraham Polonsky

Biography:

Known For

Acting

Writing

Directing

Creator