Abraham Polonsky
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American screenwriter and director (Force of Evil, Body and Soul), later blacklisted during the McCarthy era.
1910, New York City, USA — 1999, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Abraham Polonsky is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — American screenwriter and director (Force of Evil, Body and Soul), later blacklisted during the McCarthy era.
Abraham Polonsky was an American screenwriter and film director whose noir films 'Body and Soul' (writer) and 'Force of Evil' (writer-director) are considered classics, before he was blacklisted for two decades during the McCarthy-era anti-communist purges. He returned to directing in 1969 with 'Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here'. He was born into a Jewish family in New York.
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American screenwriter and director (Force of Evil, Body and Soul), later blacklisted during the McCarthy era.
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