Emperor Jones

Sep 29, 1933

1h 13m

★ 5.5

GIN...GALS...DICE AND MURDER MADE HIM A FUGITIVE IN THE NIGHT! BUT MORNING FOUND HIM A KING!

Overview

Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff and bravado, finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.

Genres

Drama

Music

Production Companies

John Krimsky and Gifford Cochran Inc.

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Cast

Brutus Jones

Paul Robeson

Smithers

Dudley Digges

Jeff

Frank H. Wilson

Undine

Fredi Washington

Dolly

Ruby Elzy

Lem

George Haymid Stamper

Extra in Nightclub Scene

Billie Holiday

Marcella

Moms Mabley

Court Crier

Rex Ingram

Young Tap Dancer

Harold Nicholas

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