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Emperor Jones

1933 73 min Drama, Music

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

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budget $263,000

director Dudley Murphy

writer DuBose Heyward

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