Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff and bravado, finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.
Paul Robeson
as Brutus Jones
Dudley Digges
as Smithers
Frank H. Wilson
as Jeff (as Frank Wilson)
Fredi Washington
as Undine
Ruby Elzy
as Dolly
George Haymid Stamper
as Lem (as George Stamper)
Billie Holiday
as Extra in Nightclub Scene
Moms Mabley
as Marcella
Rex Ingram
as Court Crier
Harold Nicholas
as Young Tap Dancer
