Abraham Polonsky
December 5, 1910 · 115 years old
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 ab…
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4 titles
Force of Evil
An unethical lawyer who wants to help his older brother becomes a partner with a client in the numbers racket.
Body and Soul
A talented boxer's young career hits difficult terrain when an unethical promoter takes interest in him.
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
In 1909, when young Paiute Indian Willie Boy returns to his California reservation to be with Lola, whose father disapproves of him, a killing in self defense takes place, triggering a massive man hunt for Willie.
Avalanche Express
Soviet KGB General Marenkov defects to the Americans and together with his CIA handler Harry Wargrave they plan an operation meant to reveal the KGB agents in Europe.