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Abraham Polonsky

Abraham Polonsky

Writer · 1910–1999 · New York, New York, U.S.

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Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Abraham Polonsky, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Wrote 10

1980s

  1. 1982

    Monsignor

    Screenplay

  2. 1981

    Body and Soul

    Original Film Writer

    44

1970s

  1. 1979

    Avalanche Express

    Screenplay

1960s

  1. 1969

    Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here

    Writer

  2. 1968

    Madigan

    Screenplay

    67

1950s

  1. 1959

    Odds Against Tomorrow

    Screenplay

  2. 1951

    I Can Get It for You Wholesale

    Screenplay

  3. 1950

    Force of Evil

    Screenplay

    80

1940s

  1. 1947

    Body and Soul

    Screenplay

    78

  2. Golden Earrings

    Screenplay

Directed 3

1970s

  1. 1971

    Romance of a Horsethief

    Director

1960s

  1. 1969

    Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here

    Director

Created 1

1960s

  1. 1965

    Seaway

    Creator

Appearances4

2020s

  1. 2026

    Dangerous Citizen: The Life and Times of Abraham Polonsky

    Self

1990s

  1. 1998

    Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream

    Self

  2. 1996

    Red Hollywood

    Self

1980s

  1. 1981

    Innere Sicherheit: Abraham Polonsky

    Himself