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

• John Krimsky and Gifford Cochran Inc.
• Paul Robeson
• Dudley Digges
• Frank H. Wilson
• Fredi Washington
• Ruby Elzy
• George Haymid Stamper
• Billie Holiday
• Moms Mabley