The Emperor Jones (1933)
GIN...GALS...DICE AND MURDER MADE HIM A FUGITIVE IN THE NIGHT! BUT MORNING FOUND HIM A KING!
72 min
Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff and bravado, finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.
- Release date
- September 19, 1933
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $263,000
Cast
- Paul Robeson as Brutus Jones
- Dudley Digges as Smithers
- Frank H. Wilson as Jeff
- Fredi Washington as Undine
- Ruby Elzy as Dolly
- George Haymid Stamper as Lem
- Brandon Evans as Carrington
- Taylor Gordon as Stick-man
- Billie Holiday as Extra in Nightclub Scene
- Rex Ingram as Court Crier
Crew
- Dudley Murphy · Director
- Eugene O'Neill · Writer
- DuBose Heyward · Writer
- Frank Tours · Composer
- Ernest Haller · Cinematographer
- Grant Whytock · Editor