Principal Works
The Goose Is Cooked [with Mitchell A. Wilson, under joint pseudonym Emmett Hogarth] (novel) 1940
The Enemy Sea (novel) 1943
Body and Soul (screenplay) 1947
Golden Earrings [with Frank Butler and Helen Deutsch; based on the novel by Yolanda Foldes] (screenplay) 1947
†Force of Evil [with Ira Wolfert; based on Wolfert's novel Tucker's People] (film) 1949
I Can Get It for You Wholesale (screenplay) 1951
The World Above (novel) 1951
A Season of Fear (novel) 1956
Madigan [with Howard Rodman and Harry Kleiner; based on the novel The Commissioner by Robert Dougherty] (screenplay) 1968
†Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (film) 1969
†Romance of a Horse Thief [with David Opatoshu and Joseph Opatoshu] (film) 1971
Avalanche Express (screenplay) 1979
Zenia's Way (novel) 1980
Monsignor [with Wendell Mayes] (screenplay) 1982
∗In addition to the works listed here, Polonsky wrote numerous screen- and teleplays under the names of other authors while he was blacklisted. Neither Polonsky nor the authors who lent their names have disclosed the titles of these works. Note that in this list bracketed information next to film titles refers to screenwriting credit only.
†These films were directed by Polonsky.
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