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Body and Soul

Body and Soul

Oscar Micheaux

1925

  • Drama
6.3

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 & crew

  • Oscar MicheauxDirector
  • 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

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