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Emperor Jones

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Emperor Jones

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

5.5

1h 13m

1933

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

Synopsis

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

DramaMusic

islandescapepre-codecaribbean sea

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Cast & Crew

Paul Robeson

Paul Robeson

as Brutus Jones

Dudley Digges

Dudley Digges

as Smithers

Frank H. Wilson

Frank H. Wilson

as Jeff

Fredi Washington

Fredi Washington

as Undine

Ruby Elzy

Ruby Elzy

as Dolly

George Haymid Stamper

as Lem

Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday

as Extra in Nightclub Scene

Moms Mabley

Moms Mabley

as Marcella

Rex Ingram

Rex Ingram

as Court Crier

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