Film

Body and Soul

1925 · 1h 34m

Drama

TMDB 6.3 · 33 votes

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.

Cast

Paul Robeson
Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester
Mercedes Gilbert
Sister Martha Jane
Julia Theresa Russell
Isabelle
Marshall Rogers
Speakeasy Proprietor
Lawrence Chenault
Yello-Curley' Hinds - the Phony Reverend's Former Jailmate
Chester A. Alexander
Deacon Simpkins - a Church Elder
Walter Henry Cornick
Brother Amos - a Church Elder
Lillian Johnson
"Sis" Ca'line
Madame Robinson
"Sis" Lucy