The Emperor Jones
(1933)

Released: 1933-09-29

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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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Paul Robeson

as Brutus Jones

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Dudley Digges

as Smithers

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Frank H. Wilson

as Jeff (as Frank Wilson)

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Fredi Washington

as Undine

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Ruby Elzy

as Dolly

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George Haymid Stamper

as Lem (as George Stamper)

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Billie Holiday

as Extra in Nightclub Scene

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Moms Mabley

as Marcella

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Rex Ingram

as Court Crier

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Harold Nicholas

as Young Tap Dancer

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DuBose Heyward

Screenplay

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Grant Whytock

Editor

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Dudley Murphy

Director

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Eugene O'Neill

Original Story

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George Knafka

Production Manager

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Gifford Cochran

Producer

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John Krimsky

Producer

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Herman Rosse

Art Direction

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J. Edward Shugrue

Production Manager

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Frank Tours

Original Music Composer

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Joseph I. Kane

Sound Engineer

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Ernest Haller

Director of Photography

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Joseph H. Nadel

Assistant Director

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