Emperor Jones

Name: Emperor Jones
Genre: Drama, Music
Released: 1933
Duration: 73 min
Rating: 5.625

1933 · 73 min

Drama · Music

★ 5.6

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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.

Crew

Director Dudley Murphy
Screenplay DuBose Heyward
Director of Photography Ernest Haller

Cast

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

Crew

Director — Dudley Murphy
Screenplay — DuBose Heyward
Director of Photography — Ernest Haller

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