Emperor Jones (1933)

Name: Emperor Jones
Director: Dudley Murphy
Genre: Drama, Music
Released: 1933-09-29
Duration: 73 min
Cast: Paul Robeson, Dudley Digges, Frank H. Wilson, Fredi Washington, Ruby Elzy

19331h 13mDramaMusic

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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Cast

Paul RobesonBrutus Jones
Dudley DiggesSmithers
Frank H. WilsonJeff
Fredi WashingtonUndine
Ruby ElzyDolly
GGeorge Haymid StamperLem
Billie HolidayExtra in Nightclub Scene
Moms MableyMarcella
Rex IngramCourt Crier
Harold NicholasYoung Tap Dancer

Crew

Director: Dudley Murphy
Writers: DuBose Heyward
Producers: John Krimsky Gifford Cochran
Music: Frank Tours
Cinematography: Ernest Haller
Editing: Grant Whytock

Details

Released: September 29, 1933
Language: English
Studio: John Krimsky and Gifford Cochran Inc.
IMDb: tt0023985