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Well from what I've been told it ain't safe for a black

The Emperor Jones

You mean lynchin's scare me? Well, I tells you, Smithers, maybe I does kill one white man...

The Emperor Jones • 1933

Smithers:

From what I been told, it ain't safe for a black to kill a white man in the States. Brutus Jones:
You mean lynchin's scare me? Well, I tells you, Smithers, Maybe I does kill one white man back there. Maybe I does. And Maybe I kills another right here 'fore long if he don't look out!

Full Transcript

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Well from what I've been told it ain't safe for a black

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to kill a white man in the States

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You mean lynchings scare me

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Well I'll tell you Smithers

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Maybe I does kill one white man back there

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Maybe I does

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And maybe I kills another right here before

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long if he don't look out

Duration

31 seconds

Views

329

Timestamp in Movie

00:52:48

Uploaded

Nov 21, 2022

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Production

John Krimsky and Gifford Cochran Inc.

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Movie Summary

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

Actors

Smithers

Brutus Jones