Body and Soul

A convict escapes to a Southern town and passes himself off as a reverend, giving him the perfect cover to swindle the townspeople and corrupt an innocent young woman.

• Oscar MicheauxDirector
• Oscar MicheauxScreenplay

• Paul RobesonReverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester
• Mercedes GilbertSister Martha Jane
• Julia Theresa RussellIsabelle
• Marshall RogersSpeakeasy Proprietor
• Lawrence ChenaultYello-Curley' Hinds - the Phony Reverend's Former Jailmate
• Chester A. AlexanderDeacon Simpkins - a Church Elder
• Walter Henry CornickBrother Amos - a Church Elder
• Lillian Johnson"Sis" Ca'line
• Madame Robinson"Sis" Lucy