The Emperor Jones

5.6
  • Genre: DramaMusic
  • Run time: 73 min
  • Premiere: 1933. September 29.

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

Brutus Jones

Dudley Digges

Smithers

Ruby Elzy

Dolly

Billie Holiday

Extra in Nightclub Scene

Moms Mabley

Marcella

Rex Ingram

Court Crier

Harold Nicholas

Young Tap Dancer

Art

Herman Rosse

Art Direction

Camera

Ernest Haller

Director of Photography

Directing

Dudley Murphy

Director

Joseph H. Nadel

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

John Krimsky

Producer

J. Edward Shugrue

Production Manager

George Knafka

Production Manager

Sound

Frank Tours

Original Music Composer

Joseph I. Kane

Sound Engineer

Writing

Eugene O'Neill

Original Story

DuBose Heyward

Screenplay

Art

Herman Rosse

Art Direction

Camera

Ernest Haller

Director of Photography

Directing

Dudley Murphy

Director

Joseph H. Nadel

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

John Krimsky

Producer

J. Edward Shugrue

Production Manager

George Knafka

Production Manager

Sound

Frank Tours

Original Music Composer

Joseph I. Kane

Sound Engineer

Writing

Eugene O'Neill

Original Story

DuBose Heyward

Screenplay