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The Emperor Jones (1933)

Drama | 80 minutes
3,12 13 votes

Genre: Drama

Duration: 80 minuten

Country: United States

Directed by: Dudley Murphy

Stars: Paul Robeson, Dudley Digges and Frank H. Wilson

IMDb score: 6,4 (1.402)

Releasedate: 29 September 1933

The Emperor Jones plot

"GIN...GALS...DICE AND MURDER MADE HIM A FUGITIVE IN THE NIGHT! BUT MORNING FOUND HIM A KING!"

Brutus Jones (Robeson) is a railroad clerk who leaves his girlfriend Dolly in favor of Undine. Shortly afterwards, however, she leaves him. When he kills his friend Jeff, he flees to Haiti. There he starts a company with Smithers (Wilson) and becomes very rich. He plays games with the residents and makes them believe that only a silver bullet can kill him. The inhabitants believe that he is immortal and he proclaims himself emperor after which he rules with a heavy hand over the inhabitants. When the inhabitants revolt, he is forced to flee into the jungle.

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