Emperor Jones

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

  • Rated 5.6 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 1933
  • 1h 13m
  • Drama
  • Music

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
Starring
Paul Robeson, Dudley Digges, Frank H. Wilson, Fredi Washington

Cast

  • Paul Robeson

    Paul Robeson

    Brutus Jones

  • Dudley Digges

    Dudley Digges

    Smithers

  • Frank H. Wilson

    Frank H. Wilson

    Jeff

  • Fredi Washington

    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

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