Body and Soul (1925)

Genre: Drama

Release Date: 1925-11-09

User Rating: 6.2/10 from 29 ratings

Runtime: 1h 34min

Language: No Language

Production Company: Micheaux Picture Corporation

Production Country: United States of America

Director: Oscar Micheaux

Writer: Oscar Micheaux

Summary

A convict escapes to a Southern town and passes himself off as a reverend, giving him the perfect cover to swindle the townspeople and corrupt an innocent young woman.

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Cast
Crew

Paul Robeson

as Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester
Mercedes Gilbert

as Sister Martha Jane
Julia Theresa Russell

as Isabelle
Marshall Rogers

as Speakeasy Proprietor
Lawrence Chenault

as Yello-Curley' Hinds - the Phony Reverend's Former Jailmate
Chester A. Alexander

as Deacon Simpkins - a Church Elder
Walter Henry Cornick

as Brother Amos - a Church Elder
Lillian Johnson

as "Sis" Ca'line
Madame Robinson

as "Sis" Lucy