Body and Soul
Body and Soul
Drama

Body and Soul

1925
93 min
6.2
62.0%
User Score
(28 votes)

A minister is malevolent and sinister behind his righteous facade. He consorts with, and later extorts from, the owner of a gambling house, and betrays an honest girl, eventually driving them both to ruin.

DIRECTED BY

Oscar Micheaux

STARRING

Paul Robeson, Mercedes Gilbert, Julia Theresa Russell, Marshall Rogers, Lawrence Chenault

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Cast

Paul Robeson

Paul Robeson

Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester

Mercedes Gilbert

Mercedes Gilbert

Sister Martha Jane

Julia Theresa Russell

Julia Theresa Russell

Isabelle

Marshall Rogers

Marshall Rogers

Speakeasy Proprietor

Lawrence Chenault

Lawrence Chenault

Yello-Curley' Hinds - the Phony Reverend's Former Jailmate

Chester A. Alexander

Chester A. Alexander

Deacon Simpkins - a Church Elder

Walter Henry Cornick

Walter Henry Cornick

Brother Amos - a Church Elder

Lillian Johnson

Lillian Johnson

"Sis" Ca'line

Madame Robinson

Madame Robinson

"Sis" Lucy