73 min
Emperor Jones
Directed by Dudley Murphy
Starring Paul Robeson, Dudley Digges
Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff and bravado, finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.
Release
Sep 29, 1933
Budget
$263K
Breakeven
$657.5K(2.5x)
Gross
Unknown
GIN...GALS...DICE AND MURDER MADE HIM A FUGITIVE IN THE NIGHT! BUT MORNING FOUND HIM A KING!
Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff and bravado, finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.
Release
Sep 29, 1933
Budget
$263K
Breakeven
$657.5K(2.5x)
Gross
Unknown
73 min