Emperor Jones

Emperor Jones (1933)

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

  • Genre: Drama, Music
  • Release Date: 1933-09-29
  • User Rating: 5.8/10 from 21 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 13min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: John Krimsky and Gifford Cochran Inc.
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Dudley Murphy
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Summary

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

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  • Paul Robeson

    as Brutus Jones
  • Dudley Digges

    as Smithers
  • Frank H. Wilson

    as Jeff
  • Fredi Washington

    as Undine
  • Ruby Elzy

    as Dolly
  • George Haymid Stamper

    as Lem
  • Billie Holiday

    as Extra in Nightclub Scene
  • Moms Mabley

    as Marcella
  • Rex Ingram

    as Court Crier
  • Harold Nicholas

    as Young Tap Dancer
Editing Grant Whytock Editor
Writing DuBose Heyward Screenplay
Directing Dudley Murphy Director
Writing Eugene O'Neill Original Story
Production J. Edward Shugrue Production Manager
Sound Frank Tours Original Music Composer
Art Herman Rosse Art Direction
Production John Krimsky Producer
Production Gifford Cochran Producer
Directing Joseph H. Nadel Assistant Director
Sound Joseph I. Kane Sound Engineer
Production George Knafka Production Manager
Camera Ernest Haller Director of Photography

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