Emperor Jones (1933)
GIN...GALS...DICE AND MURDER MADE HIM A FUGITIVE IN THE NIGHT! BUT MORNING FOUND HIM A KING!
1933 · 1h 13m · Drama, Music
Genres: 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
Writers: DuBose Heyward
Music by: Frank Tours
Cinematography: Ernest Haller
Editor: Grant Whytock
Cast
Paul Robeson as Brutus JonesDudley Digges as SmithersFrank H. Wilson as JeffFredi Washington as UndineRuby Elzy as DollyGeorge Haymid Stamper as LemBillie Holiday as Extra in Nightclub SceneMoms Mabley as MarcellaRex Ingram as Court CrierHarold Nicholas as Young Tap DancerMore like this
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