Emperor Jones

1h 13m
DramaMusic
5.5

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

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

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