# The Emperor Jones (1933) by Dudley Murphy and William Churchill de Mille

Unscrupulously ambitious Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and through bluff and bravado finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.

Paul Robeson – Brutus Jones Dudley Digges – Smithers Frank H. Wilson – Jeff Fredi Washington – Undine Ruby Elzy – Dolly George Haymid Stamper – Lem Jackie "Moms" Mabley – Marcella Blueboy O'Connor – Treasurer Brandon Evans – Carrington

Rex Ingram – Court Crier

- Kind: Feature
- Year: 1933
- Runtime: 1 h 15 min
- By: Dudley Murphy, William Churchill de Mille
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Emperor_Jones_(1933)_by_Dudley_Murphy_and_William_Churchill_de_Mille.webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Made from: The Emperor Jones, Eugene O'Neill's play of 1928: free in the United States, as it was first published in 1928, and its US term of 95 years has ended (17 U.S.C. §304(b), §305).
- Credit: Dudley Murphy, William Churchill de Mille
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/141695455?play=1)