Abraham Lincoln Polonsky was an American film director, screenwriter, essayist and novelist. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Body and Soul but in the early 1950s was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studios, after refusing to testify at congressional hearings of the House Un-American Activities Committee, in the midst of the McCarthy era.
Abraham Polonsky
Active - 1947 - 2001 |
Birth - Dec 5, 1910 |
Death - Oct 26, 1999 |
Genres - Drama, Crime, Action-Adventure, Documentary, History
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Subgenres - Film Noir, Boxing Film, Spy Film, Disaster Film, Heist Film
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Abe, Abraham L. Polonsky, Abraham Lincoln Polonsky-
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