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Emperor Jones

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

5.6Sep 29, 193373 min

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 profile

Paul Robeson

Brutus Jones

Dudley Digges profile

Dudley Digges

Smithers

Fredi Washington profile

Fredi Washington

Undine

Billie Holiday profile

Billie Holiday

Extra in Nightclub Scene

Moms Mabley profile

Moms Mabley

Marcella

Rex Ingram profile

Rex Ingram

Court Crier

Harold Nicholas profile

Harold Nicholas

Young Tap Dancer

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Preview Clip: The Emperor Jones (1933, Paul Robeson, Fredi Washingston, Mom Mabley, Frank Wilson)

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