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Emperor Jones

5.619331h 13mMovieDramaMusic

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

DirectorDudley Murphy
WriterDuBose Heyward
ProducersGifford Cochran·John Krimsky

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Cast · Directed by Dudley Murphy

PRPaul Robeson
Paul Robeson
Brutus Jones
DDDudley Digges
Dudley Digges
Smithers
FWFrank H. Wilson
Frank H. Wilson
Jeff
FWFredi Washington
Fredi Washington
Undine
RERuby Elzy
Ruby Elzy
Dolly
GS
George Haymid Stamper
Lem
BHBillie Holiday
Billie Holiday
Extra in Nightclub Scene
MMMoms Mabley
Moms Mabley
Marcella
RIRex Ingram
Rex Ingram
Court Crier
HNHarold Nicholas
Harold Nicholas
Young Tap Dancer

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