Loosely based on Eugene O'Neill's play, film portrays the rise and fall of a railroad porter whose exploits take him from a life sentence on a chain gang to emperor of Haiti. Robeson re-creates his stage role in his first screen appearance.
Cable Films/i2bs Online World, Facets Multimedia, Inc., Home Vision Cinema, Phoenix Learning Group, Video Yesteryear
, Digital Media West, Ingram Entertainment Inc., Sinister Cinema