The Emperor Jones
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.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
Paul Robeson
Brutus Jones
Dudley Digges
Smithers
Frank H. Wilson
Jeff
Fredi Washington
Undine
Ruby Elzy
Dolly
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George Haymid Stamper
Lem
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Brandon Evans
Carrington
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Taylor Gordon
Stick-man
Billie Holiday
Extra in Nightclub Scene
Rex Ingram
Court Crier
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Frank Tours
Composer
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Ernest Haller
Cinematographer
