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Quick Facts

DirectorDudley Murphy

Runtime1h 13m

GenresDrama · Music

Release1933-09-29

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Film

Emperor Jones

Name: Emperor Jones
Released: 1933-09-29

1933· 1h 13m· Drama· Music

“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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Cast & Characters

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Key Crew

DirectorDudley Murphy

ScreenplayDuBose Heyward

ProducerGifford Cochran

Director of PhotographyErnest Haller

Original Music ComposerFrank Tours

EditorGrant Whytock

Full cast & crew (10 cast · 13 crew)

Details

Released1933-09-29

Runtime1h 13m

StatusReleased

StudiosJohn Krimsky and Gifford Cochran Inc.

Budget$263,000

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited States of America

Rating5.6/10 · 27 votes

Original languageen

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