Tuesday, May 13, 2025

THE EMPEROR JONES (1933)

 




















Directed by: Dudley Murphy
Based on the stage play by: Eugene O'Neill
Starring: Paul Robeson, Dudley Digges, Frank H. Wilson, Fredi Washington, Ruby Elzy, George Haymid Stamper, Jackie "Moms" Mabley, Blueboy O'Connor, Brandon Evans, Rex Ingram, Harold Nicholas

80 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Unscrupulously ambitious Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and through bluff and bravado finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.

ACTUAL MOVIE:



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