Emperor Jones poster

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

Emperor Jones

5.6 / 10 5.6 1933 1h 13m

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

Directed by Dudley Murphy

VISUAL NOTES

Stills from Emperor Jones

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CAST

The people behind the story

Paul Robeson

Paul RobesonBrutus Jones

Dudley Digges

Dudley DiggesSmithers

Frank H. Wilson

Frank H. WilsonJeff

Fredi Washington

Fredi WashingtonUndine

Ruby Elzy

Ruby ElzyDolly

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George Haymid StamperLem

Billie Holiday

Billie HolidayExtra in Nightclub Scene

Moms Mabley

Moms MableyMarcella