At Last on the Screen! The Musical Comedy Sensation!
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.
Ethel Waters Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson Lena Horne Louis Armstrong Rex Ingram Kenneth Spencer John 'Bubbles' Sublett Oscar Polk Mantan Moreland Willie Best Fletcher Rivers Leon James Poke Bill Bailey Ford Washington Lee Butterfly McQueen Ruby Dandridge Nick Stewart Ernest Whitman Jules Adger Doris Ake Juliette Ball Lennie Bluett Bernard Bradley Daisy Bufford Jas. Burch Curry Lee Calmes Rita Christiani Vivian Dandridge June Decuire Dorothea Durham Duke Ellington Byron Ellis Joel Fluellen Louise Franklin William Gillespie Suzette Harbin Avanelle Harris Kathleen Hartsfield Maggie Hathaway Cleo Herndon Lawaune Ingram Bobby Johnson Glenn Leedy Meade 'Lux' Lewis Juanita Moore Tommie Moore Jieno Moxzer Florence O'Brien Neva Peoples Amanda Randolph Louise Ritchie Henry Phace Roberts Carmencita Romero Clinton Rosemond Archie Savage Edward C. Short Johnny Thomas Ernestine Wade Arthur Walker Artie Young
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