Drama ·Music · United States of America · 1933 · 1h 13m

Emperor Jones

Emperor Jones poster
Director
Dudley Murphy
Cast
Paul Robeson as Brutus Jones Dudley Digges as Smithers Frank H. Wilson as Jeff Fredi Washington as Undine Ruby Elzy as Dolly George Haymid Stamper as Lem
Crew
Ernest Haller — Director of Photography Grant Whytock — Editor Frank Tours — Original Music Composer DuBose Heyward — Screenplay John Krimsky — Producer Gifford Cochran — Producer
Tagline

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

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.

Mood & Themes
islandescapepre-codecaribbean sea
Key Collaborators
Dudley Murphy Director Ernest Haller Director of Photography Grant Whytock Editor Frank Tours Original Music Composer DuBose Heyward Screenplay John Krimsky Producer Gifford Cochran Producer
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