---
title: 'The Emperor Jones (1933)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Dudley Murphy'
released: '1933-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 72
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-emperor-jones-1933'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023985/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Emperor Jones (1933)

1933 · 72 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

The Emperor Jones is a 1933 American pre-Code film adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's 1920 play of the same title, directed by iconoclast Dudley Murphy, written for the screen by playwright DuBose Heyward and starring Paul Robeson in the title role, and co-starring Dudley Digges, Frank H. Wilson, Fredi Washington and Ruby Elzy.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Dudley Murphy](https://cinepixo.com/people/dudley-murphy)
- **Screenplay:** [Eugene O'Neill](https://cinepixo.com/people/eugene-o-neill)
- **Original Music Composer:** [J. Rosamond Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-rosamond-johnson)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ernest Haller](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-haller)

## Cast

- [Paul Robeson](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-robeson)
- [Brandon Evans](https://cinepixo.com/people/brandon-evans)
- [Billie Holiday](https://cinepixo.com/people/billie-holiday)
- [Fritz Pollard](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-pollard)
- [Dudley Digges](https://cinepixo.com/people/dudley-digges)
- [Rex Ingram](https://cinepixo.com/people/rex-ingram)

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