Film
Emperor Jones
1933 · 1h 13m · Drama · Music
GIN...GALS...DICE AND MURDER MADE HIM A FUGITIVE IN THE NIGHT! BUT MORNING FOUND HIM A KING!
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Overview
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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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
Crew
- Dudley MurphyDirector
- DuBose HeywardScreenplay
- John KrimskyProducer
- Gifford CochranProducer
- Ernest HallerDirector of Photography
- Frank ToursOriginal Music Composer
- Grant WhytockEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- September 29, 1933
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Budget
- $263,000
- Genres
- Drama, Music
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