The Emperor Jones
Director: Dudley Murphy
Cast: Billie Holiday, Dudley Digges, Frank H. Wilson, Fredi Washington, George Haymid Stamper, Moms Mabley, Paul Robeson, Ruby Elzy
Synopsis:
Cast: Billie Holiday, Dudley Digges, Frank H. Wilson, Fredi Washington, George Haymid Stamper, Moms Mabley, Paul Robeson, Ruby Elzy
Synopsis:
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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