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•Released
DramaMusic
Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff and bravado, finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.
Director
Dudley Murphy
Writer
DuBose Heyward
Budget
$0M
Languages
English
Studio
John Krimsky and Gifford Cochran Inc.
Cast
Paul Robeson
Brutus Jones
Dudley Digges
Smithers
Frank H. Wilson
Jeff
Fredi Washington
Undine
Ruby Elzy
Dolly
George Haymid Stamper
Lem
Billie Holiday
Extra in Nightclub Scene
Moms Mabley
Marcella
Rex Ingram
Court Crier
Harold Nicholas
Young Tap Dancer
Production
Company
John Krimsky and Gifford Cochran Inc.
Producer
John Krimsky
Producer
Gifford Cochran
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