Emperor Jones (1933)

1933 · Feature film · 72 min · dir. Dudley Murphy

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

• Drama
• Music

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Synopsis

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

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Details

Director

Dudley Murphy

Writer

DuBose Heyward

Composer

Frank Tours

Cinematography

Ernest Haller

Studio

John Krimsky and Gifford Cochran Inc.

Released

1933-09-29

Running time

72 minutes

Cast & crew

• Dudley Murphy Director
• Paul Robeson
• Dudley Digges
• Frank H. Wilson
• Fredi Washington
• Ruby Elzy
• GGeorge Haymid Stamper
• Billie Holiday
• Moms Mabley

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