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

DuBose Heyward

Screenplay

Dudley Murphy

Director

Eugene O'Neill

Original Story

J. Edward Shugrue

Production Manager

Frank Tours

Original Music Composer

Herman Rosse

Art Direction

John Krimsky

Producer

Gifford Cochran

Producer

Joseph H. Nadel

Assistant Director

Joseph I. Kane

Sound Engineer

George Knafka

Production Manager

Ernest Haller

Director of Photography