Emperor Jones

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

• DuBose HeywardScreenplay
• Dudley MurphyDirector
• Frank ToursOriginal Music Composer

• Paul RobesonBrutus Jones
• Dudley DiggesSmithers
• Frank H. WilsonJeff
• Fredi WashingtonUndine
• Ruby ElzyDolly
• George Haymid StamperLem
• Billie HolidayExtra in Nightclub Scene
• Moms MableyMarcella
• Rex IngramCourt Crier
• Harold NicholasYoung Tap Dancer