

At Last on the Screen! The Musical Comedy Sensation!
March 24, 1943
1h 38m
EN
Vincente Minnelli
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
Petunia Jackson

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson

Lena Horne
Georgia Brown

Louis Armstrong
The Trumpeter


Joseph Schrank, Lynn Root, Marc Connelly
50

Rex Ingram
Lucius / Lucifer Jr.

Kenneth Spencer
The General / Rev. Greene

John 'Bubbles' Sublett
Domino Johnson

Oscar Polk
The Deacon / Fleetfoot

Mantan Moreland
First Idea Man

Willie Best
Second Idea Man

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
US
Loew's Incorporated
US