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Abraham Polonsky (1910–1999)

Writer-director Abraham Lincoln Polonsky, one of the most prominent victims of the Hollywood blacklisting of communists and social progressives in the post-World War II period, was born on December 5, 1910, in New York, New York. An unreconstructed Marxist, Polonsky never hid his membership in the Communist Party... See full bio »

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Filmography

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1982 Monsignor (screenplay)
 
1981 Body and Soul (suggested by the original screenplay by)
 
1979 Avalanche Express (screenplay)
 
1969 Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (written by)
 
1968 Madigan (screenplay)
 
1965-1966 Seaway (TV series)
Gunpowder and Paint: Part 2 (1966) (creator)
The Last Free Man (1966) (creator)
Billy the Kid (1966) (creator)
Ghost Ship (1966) (creator)
 
1965 Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV series)
The Last Clear Chance (1965) (writer)
 
1959 Odds Against Tomorrow (screenplay / front John O. Killens)
 
1953 You Are There (TV series)
The Conquest of Mexico (1519) (1953) (uncredited)
 
1951 I Can Get It for You Wholesale (screen play)
 
1948 Force of Evil (screenplay)
 
1947 Golden Earrings (screenplay)
 
1947 Body and Soul (original screenplay)
 
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1965-1966 Seaway (TV series) (script supervisor - 8 episodes)
What the Rats Knew (1966) (script supervisor)
A Medal for Mirko (1965) (script supervisor)
Nothing But a Long Goodbye (1965) (script supervisor)
Bonhomme Richard (1965) (script supervisor)
The Provocative Mademoiselle (1965) (script supervisor)
 
Show ShowDirector (5 titles)
1965 Seaway (TV series)
A Medal for Mirko (1965)
 
1957 Oedipus Rex (uncredited)
 
1948 Force of Evil
 
Show ShowSelf (5 titles)
2001 FBI contre Hollywood (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (TV documentary)
Himself (as Abraham L. Polonsky)
 
1996 Red Hollywood (video documentary)
 
1996 Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial (TV documentary)
 
1995 American Cinema (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2000 The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 
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Alternate Names:

Abraham L. Polonsky
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Personal Quote:

[referring to the blacklisting that came about as a result of the HUAC hearings during the McCarthy "Red Scare" era of the 1950s] If you said you were sorry you were a radical and had seen the errors of your ways, you were let off. That's like saying you have no right to make political experiments in your mind... See more »

Trivia:

Polonsky, a victim of the blacklist, was so offended when director Irwin Winkler changed the main character (a director who is blacklisted after refusing to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee) of his script for Guilty by Suspicion from a Communist Party member to a relatively apolitical liberal that he not only had his name taken off of the picture... See more »

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Star Sign:

Sagittarius