Emperor Jones

GIN...GALS...DICE AND MURDER MADE HIM A FUGITIVE IN THE NIGHT! BUT MORNING FOUND HIM A KING!

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

Paul Robeson

Brutus Jones

Billie Holiday

Extra in Nightclub Scene

Moms Mabley

Marcella

Rex Ingram

Court Crier

Harold Nicholas

Young Tap Dancer

DuBose Heyward

Screenplay

Eugene O'Neill

Original Story

J. Edward Shugrue

Production Manager

Frank Tours

Original Music Composer

Herman Rosse

Art Direction

John Krimsky

Producer

Joseph H. Nadel

Assistant Director

Joseph I. Kane

Sound Engineer

George Knafka

Production Manager

Ernest Haller

Director of Photography

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