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Emperor Jones
SEP 29, 1933 · 73 MIN · DIR. DUDLEY MURPHY
DramaMusic
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
Screenplay
DuBose Heyward
Director of Photography
Ernest Haller
Editor
Grant Whytock
Original Music Composer
Frank Tours
Producer
Gifford Cochran
Producer
John Krimsky
