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The Emperor Jones

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Unscrupulously ambitious Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and through bluff and bravado finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.
Director
Dudley Murphy, William C. de Mille
Year
1933
Genre
drama, music
Box Office
N/A
Production
John Krimsky and Gifford Cochran Inc.
Awards
1 win
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[music playing] - The Emperor Jones 00:06
[music playing]
Mm mm honey - The Emperor Jones 00:46
Mm mm honey
You know I looks up and there's - The Emperor Jones 00:26
You know I looks up and there's
I sure hate to leave my gal - The Emperor Jones 00:04
I sure hate to leave my gal
Would you hold my hat, honey? - The Emperor Jones 00:09
Would you hold my hat, honey?
[train whistle] - The Emperor Jones 00:19
[train whistle]
Honey this is Jeff - The Emperor Jones 00:22
Honey this is Jeff
Didn't know I was coming in, eh? - The Emperor Jones 00:23
Didn't know I was coming in, eh?
There she is. - The Emperor Jones 00:07
There she is.
Pleased to meet you, Mr. Jones. - The Emperor Jones 00:11
Pleased to meet you, Mr. Jones.
How you like the city big boy - The Emperor Jones 00:25
How you like the city big boy
But you ain't heard the good news yet - The Emperor Jones 00:28
But you ain't heard the good news yet
MAN: Harrington, if there is no leak, - The Emperor Jones 00:12
MAN: Harrington, if there is no leak,
Come clean big boy - The Emperor Jones 00:33
Come clean big boy
Well you ain't the first man that's gone down and out - The Emperor Jones 00:20
Well you ain't the first man that's gone down and...
Well, if it ain't the old big timer in from the West. - The Emperor Jones 00:07
Well, if it ain't the old big timer in from the West.
I's travelling light - The Emperor Jones 00:08
I's travelling light
We ain't in his way - The Emperor Jones 00:12
We ain't in his way
On the line you nits - The Emperor Jones 00:13
On the line you nits
Here Jones - The Emperor Jones 00:25
Here Jones
Come on give me a shooter there - The Emperor Jones 00:14
Come on give me a shooter there
Hold my hat nit - The Emperor Jones 00:16
Hold my hat nit
Who wants any part of these four sawbucks - The Emperor Jones 00:07
Who wants any part of these four sawbucks
Let the hussy sprain her wrist - The Emperor Jones 00:13
Let the hussy sprain her wrist
Crooked, huh? - The Emperor Jones 00:09
Crooked, huh?
Jeff! - The Emperor Jones 00:08
Jeff!
Open it up. - The Emperor Jones 00:06
Open it up.
Asleep, eh? - The Emperor Jones 00:18
Asleep, eh?
Dump it, old boy. - The Emperor Jones 00:10
Dump it, old boy.
Dolly. - The Emperor Jones 00:11
Dolly.
Dolly honey you hear me - The Emperor Jones 00:26
Dolly honey you hear me
Oh, Lord, I'm glad to see you. - The Emperor Jones 00:18
Oh, Lord, I'm glad to see you.
What's that little island with the white port - The Emperor Jones 00:17
What's that little island with the white port
Trouble here I come - The Emperor Jones 00:08
Trouble here I come
Who there? - The Emperor Jones 00:10
Who there?
Your Highness, Mr. Smithers is waiting to see you. - The Emperor Jones 00:11
Your Highness, Mr. Smithers is waiting to see you.
Where you get that trash from? - The Emperor Jones 00:31
Where you get that trash from?
I'll take this blooming nigger off your hands - The Emperor Jones 00:18
I'll take this blooming nigger off your hands
Here, wait a minute. - The Emperor Jones 00:09
Here, wait a minute.
So that's what it is my lad eh - The Emperor Jones 00:50
So that's what it is my lad eh
All right - The Emperor Jones 00:21
All right
Better luck next Saturday night - The Emperor Jones 00:15
Better luck next Saturday night
I wonder what the blazes is keeping that black ape - The Emperor Jones 00:09
I wonder what the blazes is keeping that black ape
Whoa. - The Emperor Jones 00:06
Whoa.
Coconut, pineapple, finefat chicken, all ready - The Emperor Jones 00:18
Coconut, pineapple, finefat chicken, all ready
How do you do, Mr. Smithers? How have you been? - The Emperor Jones 00:07
How do you do, Mr. Smithers? How have you been?
Looka here white man is your nerve slippin' - The Emperor Jones 00:14
Looka here white man is your nerve slippin'
If you had to recruit an army for him - The Emperor Jones 00:23
If you had to recruit an army for him
Well, good day to you, your majesty. - The Emperor Jones 00:32
Well, good day to you, your majesty.
[clapping] - The Emperor Jones 00:26
[clapping]
Takes a silver bullet to kill Brutus Jones - The Emperor Jones 00:08
Takes a silver bullet to kill Brutus Jones
Take this bush nigger and throw him out of here - The Emperor Jones 00:09
Take this bush nigger and throw him out of here
Blanks. - The Emperor Jones 00:31
Blanks.
This place smells more like a chain gang dump than a palace - The Emperor Jones 00:36
This place smells more like a chain gang dump than a palace
Mr President - The Emperor Jones 00:58
Mr President
Smithers, you have just had an audience - The Emperor Jones 00:08
Smithers, you have just had an audience
My sash. - The Emperor Jones 00:08
My sash.
I suppose you get your money hiddent away safe eh - The Emperor Jones 00:27
I suppose you get your money hiddent away safe eh
Looka here white man - The Emperor Jones 00:21
Looka here white man
You think when I crack the whip they don't jump through - The Emperor Jones 00:06
You think when I crack the whip they don't jump through
Archduke and Duchess of Manhattan. - The Emperor Jones 00:05
Archduke and Duchess of Manhattan.
So yous the niggers what takes upon yourself - The Emperor Jones 00:31
So yous the niggers what takes upon yourself
Well I see I been too easy on you niggers - The Emperor Jones 00:28
Well I see I been too easy on you niggers
Captain! - The Emperor Jones 00:28
Captain!
Oh it's you Mr Smithers - The Emperor Jones 00:25
Oh it's you Mr Smithers
Blimey when you landed here you didn't - The Emperor Jones 00:27
Blimey when you landed here you didn't
There's some things I ain't got to be told - The Emperor Jones 00:09
There's some things I ain't got to be told
Well from what I've been told it ain't safe for a black - The Emperor Jones 00:31
Well from what I've been told it ain't safe for a...
And to show you that I'm your friend, - The Emperor Jones 00:18
And to show you that I'm your friend,
Oh, they all out in the garden, - The Emperor Jones 00:15
Oh, they all out in the garden,
[laughter] - The Emperor Jones 00:13
[laughter]
The rotten ship is sinking and the bloomin' rats - The Emperor Jones 00:40
The rotten ship is sinking and the bloomin' rats
They's all run off to the hills ain't they - The Emperor Jones 00:19
They's all run off to the hills ain't they
Looka here white man did you think I's a natural born fool - The Emperor Jones 00:11
Looka here white man did you think I's a natural born...
I's got five lead bullets in this gun good enough - The Emperor Jones 00:25
I's got five lead bullets in this gun good enough
What's that drumbeating for? - The Emperor Jones 00:21
What's that drumbeating for?
It's a mighty queer place that forest is even in daylight - The Emperor Jones 00:08
It's a mighty queer place that forest is even in...
What ghosts and got to do with me - The Emperor Jones 00:21
What ghosts and got to do with me
Here you ain't going out this way are you - The Emperor Jones 00:17
Here you ain't going out this way are you
Get in, nigger. - The Emperor Jones 00:07
Get in, nigger.
Majesty - The Emperor Jones 00:13
Majesty
He's gone, anyway, hant or no hant. - The Emperor Jones 00:20
He's gone, anyway, hant or no hant.
You white devil. - The Emperor Jones 00:06
You white devil.
Where's my hammer? - The Emperor Jones 00:18
Where's my hammer?
Oh, Lord, what I going to do now? - The Emperor Jones 00:13
Oh, Lord, what I going to do now?
What is this place? - The Emperor Jones 00:07
What is this place?
Oh, Lord, you done protect this sinner. - The Emperor Jones 00:15
Oh, Lord, you done protect this sinner.
Well, you ain't thinking that's him, I hopes. - The Emperor Jones 00:18
Well, you ain't thinking that's him, I hopes.
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Unscrupulously ambitious Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and through bluff and bravado finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)
Director: Dudley Murphy, William C. de Mille
Writer: Eugene O'Neill, DuBose Heyward
Production: John Krimsky and Gifford Cochran Inc.
Genre: drama, music
Year: 1933
MetaScore: N/A/100
ImdbRating: 6.4
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 29 Sep 1933
Awards: 1 win
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