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Jul 17, 2024 · Abraham Polonsky. Abraham Lincoln Polonsky (December 5, 1910 – October 26, 1999) 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 Hollywood movie studios after refusing to testify at congressional ...
4 days ago · Odds Against Tomorrow. Odds Against Tomorrow is a 1959 American film noir produced and directed by Robert Wise and starring Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan and Ed Begley. Belafonte selected Abraham Polonsky to write the script, which is based on a novel of the same name by William P. McGivern. Blacklisted in those years, Polonsky had to use a ...
Jul 18, 2024 · Although officially Canadian, many of the show's writers and directors were American (as was the series creator/script supervisor Abraham Polonsky), with some British contributors as well (such as Ian McLellan Hunter and Donald James). It was the most expensive series produced in Canada to that time with a total cost of $3 million ($12.9 ...
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Jul 5, 2024 · Force of EvilDirector: Abraham Polonsky Year: 1948 A favorite of Martin Scorsese, Force of Evil centers on a lawyer who finds himself involved with an influential gangster looking to take over all ...
Jul 15, 2024 · Directed by: Abraham Polonsky While confronting the disapproving father of his girlfriend, Lola (Katharine Ross), Native American man Willie Boy (Robert Blake) kills the man in self-defense. Forced to go on the run, the couple is pursued by Deputy Sheriff Christopher Cooper (Robert Redford), who is somewhat empathetic to their plight, and a group of cold, calculating bounty hunters.
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4 days ago · For the veteran actor, who made his screen debut as a child in Abraham Polonsky‘s film noir classic “Force of Evil,” playing opposite a scene partner around 68 years his junior kept him in ...
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Jul 2, 2024 · First of all, Stuart has offered his thoughts on Anthony Mann’s A Dandy in Sapic and Abraham Polonsky’s Force of Evil (1948) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, as well as Suzanna Raes’ documentary Close to Vermeer (2023) on DVD from Kino Lorber.
