The Emperor Jones

At a Baptist prayer meeting, the preacher leads a prayer for Brutus Jones, who is leaving to become a railway porter. Jones joins the congregation in a spiritual. Once on the train, Jeff, a porter, shows Jones the ropes. Jones secretly takes up with Jeff s girl, Undine. He makes some money in a deal with a rich businessman on the train. Jones proves to be a cunning manipulator and a good liar. In a crap game, Jones stabs Jeff over a pair of loaded dice. Now doing hard labour, Jones kills a white prison guard and escapes. Shovelling coal on a ship in the Caribbean, Jones swims to an island. He is brought before the island s ruler, where Smithers, a crooked white trader, buys his freedom. Jones schemes his way into a partnership in Smithers business, then finally control of the entire island through a touch of witchcraft, or so it ms. Brutus declares himself to be The Emperor Jones.. Smithers reports on the unrest that Jones rule is causing. One morning, the palace is empty of servants. As rebel drums beat, Jones flees into the forest where he is haunted by visions from his past.. Written by David Steele The Emperor Jones is a 1933 American English-language Drama film starring Paul Robeson, Dudley Digges, Frank H. Wilson, Fredi Washington, Ruby Elzy, George Haymid Stamper and Lorenzo Tucker. The Emperor Jones was Produced by Gifford Cochran and John Krimsky. The Emperor Jones is written by Eugene O neill and Dubose Heyward and it is directed by Dudley Murphy. United Artists acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. The Emperor Jones was released on 29th September 1933 and takes a screen time of 72-76 minutes , 80 minutes. The Emperor Jones was made on a budget of $0 million. Cinematography was done by Ernest Haller and editing by Grant Whytock. The music was composed by Rosamond Johnson along with Frank Tours.
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