The Emperor Jones
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The Emperor Jones
29 Sep 1933
1933Drama1h 15m
Brutus Jones is a man in jail who escapes after harming a guard, then uses his wits to become the emperor of a Caribbean island where he faces a struggle for
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Genres Drama
Decade 1930s
This Movie is Ambitious, Gritty, Tense, Dramatic, High-stakes & Bold
About The Emperor Jones A 1933 drama directed by Dudley Murphy and Joseph H. Nadel, noted for its intense portrayal of a man rising to power through bluff and bravado on a Caribbean island
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Audio English (United States)
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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
