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The Emperor Jones: Full Cast & Crew 1933 Drama
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. Released: Sep 29, 1933 See Movie Details

Cast & Crew

All Cast Crew
Dudley Murphy Director Paul Robeson Brutus Jones Actor Dudley Digges Smithers Actor Frank H. Wilson Jeff Actor Fredi Washington Undine Actor Ruby Elzy Dolly Actor George Haymid Stamper Lem Actor Blueboy O'Connor Treasurer (uncredited) Actor Brandon Evans Carrington (uncredited) Actor Taylor Gordon Stick-man (uncredited) Actor Eugene O'Neill Writer DuBose Heyward Screenwriter Gifford Cochran Producer John Krimsky Producer Frank Tours Original Music Rosamond Johnson Original Music Allie Wrubel Original Music W.C. Handy Non-Original Music Ernest Haller Cinematographer Grant Whytock Film Editing Herman Rosse Art Director