Body and Soul

(1925)

102 minutes

Black Cast / Drama / Silent

Directed by Oscar Micheaux

Cast:

Paul Robeson as Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins and His brother Sylvester
Mercedes Gilbert as Martha Jane
Julia Theresa Russell as Isabelle
Lawrence Chenault as 'Yello-Curley' Hinds
Marshall Rogers as Speakeasy proprietor
Lillian Johnson as 'Sis' Caline
Madame Robinson as 'Sis' Lucy 
Chester A. Alexander as Deacon Simpkins 
Walter Cornick as Brother Amos 

Paul  Robeson stars as a devious minister who shows a different face to the public by blackmailing the owner of a gambling house and destroying the life of a loyal girl.