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Emperor Jones

Emperor Jones

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

1933•1h 13m•5.5/10
DramaMusic

Ratings

🎬TMDb
5.5/10(25)

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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Production

John Krimsky and Gifford Cochran Inc.

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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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