The Emperor Jones

The Emperor Jones (1933)


  • Genre: Drama, Music
  • Release Date: 1933-09-29
  • User Rating: 5.7/10 from 19 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 13min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: John Krimsky and Gifford Cochran Inc.
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Dudley Murphy
star 5.7/10
From 19 Ratings

Summary

Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff and bravado, finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.

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  • Paul Robeson

    as Brutus Jones
  • Dudley Digges

    as Smithers
  • Frank H. Wilson

    as Jeff (as Frank Wilson)
  • Fredi Washington

    as Undine
  • Ruby Elzy

    as Dolly
  • George Haymid Stamper

    as Lem (as George Stamper)
  • Billie Holiday

    as Extra in Nightclub Scene
  • Moms Mabley

    as Marcella
  • Rex Ingram

    as Court Crier
  • Harold Nicholas

    as Young Tap Dancer
Directing Dudley Murphy Director
Editing Grant Whytock Editor
Writing Eugene O'Neill Original Story
Writing DuBose Heyward Screenplay
Camera Ernest Haller Director of Photography
Production J. Edward Shugrue Production Manager
Production Gifford Cochran Producer
Sound Frank Tours Original Music Composer
Art Herman Rosse Art Direction
Production John Krimsky Producer
Production George Knafka Production Manager
Sound Joseph I. Kane Sound Engineer
Directing Joseph H. Nadel Assistant Director

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