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Emperor Jones (1933)

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

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: 1933-09-29
Runtime: 73 min
Rating: 5.5 / 10
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
No Image
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