The Emperor Jones

The Emperor Jones

Released on
Drama, Music
Runtime
73 mins
(21 votes)

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
  • Dudley Digges
  • Frank H. Wilson
  • Fredi Washington
  • Ruby Elzy
  • George Haymid Stamper
  • Billie Holiday
  • Moms Mabley
  • Rex Ingram
  • Harold Nicholas

Director

  • Dudley Murphy

Producers

  • Gifford Cochran
  • John Krimsky

Screenwriter

  • DuBose Heyward

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