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: 5.8/10 (from 21 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