Body and Soul

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.

Top Cast

Paul RobesonReverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester

Mercedes GilbertSister Martha Jane

Julia Theresa RussellIsabelle

Marshall RogersSpeakeasy Proprietor

Lawrence ChenaultYello-Curley' Hinds - the Phony Reverend's Former Jailmate

Chester A. AlexanderDeacon Simpkins - a Church Elder

Walter Henry CornickBrother Amos - a Church Elder

Lillian Johnson"Sis" Ca'line