The Emperor Jones
1933, Drama, 1h 20m
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A black congregation prays for the wily and ambitious Brutus Jones (Paul Robeson), who is off to work on the railway. Jones is conscripted to a chain gang after killing a fellow gambler, and escapes by clubbing a guard. On the run, he gets a job shoveling coal on a ship in the Caribbean, and jumps off when they pass an island. When he is captured by the natives, his freedom is bought by a white trader (Dudley Digges). Jones tricks the tribe and becomes emperor, but is outrun by his own magic.
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Genre: Drama
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Original Language: English
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Director: Dudley Murphy
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Producer: Gifford Cochran, John Krimsky
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Writer: Eugene O'Neill, DuBose Heyward
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Release Date (Theaters): wide
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Distributor: United Artists, Criterion Collection, Reel Media International [us]
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Sound Mix: Mono
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I didn't watch the whole movie, I got bored. If you want to see a good old African American film, you may find this one interesting, but other than that, it's kind of boring.
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