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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.
Theatrical
Mar 24, 1943
Box Office
$1.6M
Budget
$662K
Return
2.4x
DVD / Blu-ray
Jan 10, 2006
Theaters
1
Director
Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
Full credits →E
Ethel Waters
Petunia Jackson
E
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson
L
Lena Horne
Georgia Brown
L
Louis Armstrong
The Trumpeter
R
Rex Ingram
Lucius / Lucifer Jr.
K
Kenneth Spencer
The General / Rev. Greene
J
John 'Bubbles' Sublett
Domino Johnson
O
Oscar Polk
The Deacon / Fleetfoot
M
Mantan Moreland
First Idea Man
W
Willie Best
Second Idea Man
F
Ford Washington Lee
Messenger Boy
B
Butterfly McQueen
Lily
R
Ruby Dandridge
Mrs. Kelso
N
Nick Stewart
Dude
E
Ernest Whitman
Jim Henry
D
Doris Ake
Dancer / Jim Henry Paradise Patron (uncredited)
J
Juliette Ball
Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
L
Lennie Bluett
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
D
Daisy Bufford
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
R
Rita Christiani
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence / Jitterbugger (uncredited)
