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Score: 56%( 24 votes )

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

Cast:

Paul Robeson
Brutus Jones

Dudley Digges
Smithers

Frank H. Wilson
Jeff

Fredi Washington
Undine

Ruby Elzy
Dolly

George Haymid Stamper
Lem

Billie Holiday
Extra in Nightclub Scene

Moms Mabley
Marcella

Rex Ingram
Court Crier

Harold Nicholas
Young Tap Dancer