Emperor Jones
DirectorDudley Murphy
“GIN...GALS...DICE AND MURDER MADE HIM A FUGITIVE IN THE NIGHT! BUT MORNING FOUND HIM A KING!”
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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Preview Clip: The Emperor Jones (1933, Paul Robeson, Fredi Washingston, Mom Mabley, Frank Wilson)
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