“GIN...GALS...DICE AND MURDER MADE HIM A FUGITIVE IN THE NIGHT! BUT MORNING FOUND HIM A KING!”
Movie ★ 5.6/10 1933 73 min Released HD · 4K
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Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff and bravado, finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.

Rating
5.6/10
28 votes
Runtime
73 min
Theatrical cut
Released
1933
Released
Language
EN
Emperor Jones
Director
Dudley Murphy
Writers
DuBose Heyward
Studio
John Krimsky and Gifford Cochran Inc.

Cast

Paul Robeson
Paul Robeson
Brutus Jones
 Dudley Digges
Dudley Digges
Smithers
 Frank H. Wilson
Frank H. Wilson
Jeff
 Fredi Washington
Fredi Washington
Undine
 Ruby Elzy
Ruby Elzy
Dolly
 George Haymid Stamper
George Haymid Stamper
Lem
 Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday
Extra in Nightclub Scene
 Moms Mabley
Moms Mabley
Marcella
 Rex Ingram
Rex Ingram
Court Crier
 Harold Nicholas
Harold Nicholas
Young Tap Dancer

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