Emperor Jones
GIN...GALS...DICE AND MURDER MADE HIM A FUGITIVE IN THE NIGHT! BUT MORNING FOUND HIM A KING!
1933 | 73m | English
Popularity: 6 (history)
| Director: | Dudley Murphy |
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| Writer: | DuBose Heyward, Eugene O'Neill |
| Staring: |
| Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff and bravado, finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 29, 1933 |
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| Director: | Dudley Murphy |
| Writer: | DuBose Heyward, Eugene O'Neill |
| Genres: | Drama, Music |
| Keywords | island, escape, pre-code, caribbean sea |
| Production Companies | John Krimsky and Gifford Cochran Inc. |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $263,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 30, 2026 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Dudley Murphy | Director |
| DuBose Heyward | Screenplay |
| Grant Whytock | Editor |
| Frank Tours | Original Music Composer |
| Herman Rosse | Art Direction |
| J. Edward Shugrue | Production Manager |
| George Knafka | Production Manager |
| Joseph H. Nadel | Assistant Director |
| Joseph I. Kane | Sound Engineer |
| Eugene O'Neill | Original Story |
| Ernest Haller | Director of Photography |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Gifford Cochran | Producer |
| John Krimsky | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
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