Emperor Jones (1933)
"GIN...GALS...DICE AND MURDER MADE HIM A FUGITIVE IN THE NIGHT! BUT MORNING FOUND HIM A KING!"
 
    Title: Emperor Jones
Original Title: Emperor Jones
Release Date: 1933-09-29
Status: Released
Rating: 5.46/10 (from 25 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Drama, Music
Production Companies: John Krimsky and Gifford Cochran Inc.
Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff and bravado, finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.
Cast
 
            Paul Robeson
Brutus Jones
 
            Dudley Digges
Smithers
 
            Frank H. Wilson
Jeff
 
            Fredi Washington
Undine
 
            Ruby Elzy
Dolly
 
            George Haymid Stamper
Lem
 
            Billie Holiday
Extra in Nightclub Scene
 
            Moms Mabley
Marcella
 
            Rex Ingram
Court Crier
 
            Harold Nicholas
Young Tap Dancer
 
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
            