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Emperor Jones

Dudley Murphy

1933 • 1h 13m

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

Emperor Jones

Cast

Paul Robeson

Paul RobesonBrutus Jones

Dudley Digges

Dudley DiggesSmithers

Frank H. Wilson

Frank H. WilsonJeff

Fredi Washington

Fredi WashingtonUndine

Ruby Elzy

George Haymid StamperLem

Billie Holiday

Billie HolidayExtra in Nightclub Scene

Moms Mabley

Moms MableyMarcella

Rex Ingram

Rex IngramCourt Crier

Harold Nicholas

Harold NicholasYoung Tap Dancer

Crew

Dudley Murphy

Dudley MurphyDirector

Eugene O'Neill

Eugene O'NeillOriginal Story

Ernest Haller

Ernest HallerDirector of Photography

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