Emperor Jones

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

5.6/ 10 28 votes 1933-09-29 1h 13m 1 popularity

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

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Budget

$263,000

Cast

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Paul Robeson

Brutus Jones

Dudley Digges

Smithers

Frank H. Wilson

Jeff

Fredi Washington

Undine

Ruby Elzy

Dolly

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George Haymid Stamper

Lem

Billie Holiday

Extra in Nightclub Scene

Moms Mabley

Marcella

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