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.


Body and Soul (1925)
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Paul Robeson
Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester
MG
Mercedes Gilbert
Sister Martha
JTR
Julia Theresa Russell
Isabelle
MR
Marshall Rogers
Speakeasy Proprietor

Lawrence Chenault
Yello-Curley' Hinds - the Phony Reverend's Former Jailmate
CAA
Chester A. Alexander
Deacon Simpkins - a Church Elder
WC
Walter Cornick
Brother Amos - a Church Elder