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.
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Cast
10 people
Paul Robeson
Brutus Jones
Known for
Show Boat
Dudley Digges
Smithers
Known for
The Invisible Man
Mutiny on the Bounty
Frank H. Wilson
Jeff
Known for
Watch on the Rhine
Fredi Washington
Undine
Known for
Imitation of Life
Animal Crackers
Ruby Elzy
Dolly
Also in
Birth of the Blues
Way Down South
George Haymid Stamper
Lem
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Billie Holiday
Extra in Nightclub Scene
Also in
New Orleans
Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
Moms Mabley
Marcella
Also in
Boarding House Blues
Amazing Grace
Rex Ingram
Court Crier
Known for
The Thief of Bagdad
Sahara
Harold Nicholas
Young Tap Dancer
Known for
The Five Heartbeats
Stormy Weather
Dudley Murphy Director · DuBose Heyward Screenplay Eugene O'Neill Story
Budget $263K · United States release September 29, 1933 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$263,000
Production
John Krimsky and Gifford Cochran Inc.
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · September 19, 1933
Premiere · New York City, New York
United States · September 29, 1933
Theatrical
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