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Summary

When compulsive gambler Little Joe Jackson dies in a drunken fight, he awakens in purgatory, where he learns that he will be sent back to Earth for six months to prove that he deserves to be in heaven. He awakens, remembering nothing and struggles to do right by his devout wife, Petunia, while an angel known as the General and the devil's son, Lucifer Jr., fight for his soul.

Details

Release Date: March 24, 1943

Runtime: 98 minutes

Genres: Music, Fantasy

Rating: 6.5/10 (40 votes)


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Cast

  • Ethel Waters

    Ethel Waters

    Petunia Jackson

  • Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

    Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

    Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson

  • Lena Horne

    Lena Horne

    Georgia Brown

  • Louis Armstrong

    Louis Armstrong

    The Trumpeter

  • Rex Ingram

    Rex Ingram

    Lucius / Lucifer Jr.

  • John 'Bubbles' Sublett

    John 'Bubbles' Sublett

    Domino Johnson

  • Oscar Polk

    Oscar Polk

    The Deacon / Fleetfoot

  • Mantan Moreland

    Mantan Moreland

    First Idea Man

  • Willie Best

    Willie Best

    Second Idea Man

  • Butterfly McQueen

    Butterfly McQueen

    Lily

  • Nick Stewart

    Nick Stewart

    Dude

  • Ernest Whitman

    Ernest Whitman

    Jim Henry

  • Vivian Dandridge

    Vivian Dandridge

    Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

  • Duke Ellington

    Duke Ellington

    Duke Ellington (uncredited)

  • Joel Fluellen

    Joel Fluellen

    Mr. Kelso / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

  • William Gillespie

    William Gillespie

    Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)

  • Suzette Harbin

    Suzette Harbin

    Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

  • Glenn Leedy

    Glenn Leedy

    Boy in Church (uncredited)

  • Juanita Moore

    Juanita Moore

    Nightclub Patron / Churchgoer (uncredited)

  • Florence O'Brien

    Florence O'Brien

    Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

  • Amanda Randolph

    Amanda Randolph

    Churchgoer (uncredited)

  • Clinton Rosemond

    Clinton Rosemond

    Doctor (uncredited)

  • Archie Savage

    Archie Savage

    Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

  • Juano Hernández

    Juano Hernández

    Neighbor (uncredited)