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Emperor Jones

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

1933 · 1h 13m · 5.6 on TMDB

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

Cast

Paul Robeson
Brutus Jones
Dudley Digges
Smithers
Frank H. Wilson
Jeff
Fredi Washington
Undine

Ruby Elzy

Ruby Elzy

Dolly

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

Production

John Krimsky and Gifford Cochran Inc.

Directed by

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Released: September 29, 1933
Budget: $263K

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