The Emperor Jones
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29 Sep 1933
Description
Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff and bravado, finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.
Classification
CategoryClassic Movies & Vintage Films to Stream(videos)
SubcategoryClassic Movies: Silent, Noir, Horror & Comedy Films(movies)
GenresDrama Movies(drama-movies-spg-c211)
videos Classic Movies & Vintage Films to Stream movies Classic Movies: Silent, Noir, Horror & Comedy Films drama-movies-spg-c211 drama movies spg c211 Drama Movies
Cast
- Paul Robeson Brutus Jones
- Dudley Digges Smithers
- Frank H. Wilson Jeff
- Fredi Washington Undine
- Ruby Elzy Dolly
- George Haymid Stamper Lem
- Jackie 'Moms' Mabley Marcella
- Blueboy O'Connor Treasurer
- Brandon Evans Carrington
- Rex Ingram Court Crier
- Harold Nicholas dancer in a club
- Billie Holiday Extra in Nightclub Scene
- Moms Mabley Marcella
Director
- Dudley Murphy
- Joseph H. Nadel
Screenwriter
- Eugene O'Neill
- DuBose Heyward
Director of Photography
- Ernest Haller
Composer
- J. Rosamond Johnson
- Frank Tours
- Joseph I. Kane
Producer
- Gifford A. Cochran
- Gifford Cochran
- John Krimsky
- J. Edward Shugrue
- George Knafka
