Cast & creator
Abraham Polonsky
Best known for Seaway, Madigan, Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
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.
Also known as: Abraham Lincoln Polonsky, Abraham L. Polonsky, Abraham Polanski, Dunn Barrie, John O. Killens
19
film credits
1
television credits
6
1947–2026 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (20)
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Seaway
Creator
1965
Madigan
Screenplay
1968
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
Director
1969Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
Writer
1969
Body and Soul
Screenplay
1947
Odds Against Tomorrow
Screenplay
1959
Avalanche Express
Screenplay
1979
Body and Soul
Original Film Writer
1981
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
Screenplay
1951
Force of Evil
Director
1950Force of Evil
Screenplay
1950
Dangerous Citizen: The Life and Times of Abraham Polonsky
Self
2026
Monsignor
Screenplay
1982
Romance of a Horsethief
Director
1971
Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream
Self
1998
Golden Earrings
Screenplay
1947Abraham Polonsky
1984
Innere Sicherheit: Abraham Polonsky
Himself
1981
Red Hollywood
Self
1996FBI contre Hollywood
Self
2001