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."

Cast

Paul Robeson

as Brutus Jones

Dudley Digges

as Smithers

Frank H. Wilson

as Jeff

Fredi Washington

as Undine

Ruby Elzy

as Dolly

George Haymid Stamper

as Lem

Billie Holiday

as Extra in Nightclub Scene

Moms Mabley

as Marcella

Rex Ingram

as Court Crier

Harold Nicholas

as Young Tap Dancer

Crew

Grant Whytock

Editor

Eugene O'Neill

Original Story

Dudley Murphy

Director

DuBose Heyward

Screenplay

George Knafka

Production Manager

Joseph H. Nadel

Assistant Director

Ernest Haller

Director of Photography

J. Edward Shugrue

Production Manager

Herman Rosse

Art Direction

Joseph I. Kane

Sound Engineer

John Krimsky

Producer

Frank Tours

Original Music Composer

Gifford Cochran

Producer