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Abraham Polonsky
Director 1910 - 1999

Abraham Polonsky

New York, New York, U.S.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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... Read full bio →

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2 titles
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here

Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here

Abraham Polonsky 1969 1h 38m 7.7

Based on true events, Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here, tells the story of one of the last Western manhunts, in 1909. Willie Boy, a Native American, kills his girlfriend's father in self defense, and the two go on the run, pursued by a search posse led by Sheriff Christopher Cooper.

Force of Evil

Force of Evil

Abraham Polonsky 1948 1h 19m 7.5

Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big powerful operation. But his elder brother Leo is one of these small-time operators who wants to stay that way, preferring not to deal with the gangsters who dominate the big-time.

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