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.
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Ethel Waters as Petunia Jackson
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson as Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson
Lena Horne as Georgia Brown
Louis Armstrong as The Trumpeter
Rex Ingram as Lucius / Lucifer Jr.
Kenneth Spencer as The General / Rev. Greene
John 'Bubbles' Sublett as Domino Johnson
Oscar Polk as The Deacon / Fleetfoot
Mantan Moreland as First Idea Man
Willie Best as Second Idea Man
Fletcher Rivers as Third Idea Man
Leon James Poke as Fourth Idea Man
Bill Bailey as Bill
Ford Washington Lee as Messenger Boy
Butterfly McQueen as Lily
Ruby Dandridge as Mrs. Kelso
Nick Stewart as Dude
Ernest Whitman as Jim Henry
Jules Adger as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Doris Ake as Dancer / Jim Henry Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Juliette Ball as Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Lennie Bluett as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Bernard Bradley as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Daisy Bufford as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Jas. Burch as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Curry Lee Calmes as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Rita Christiani as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence / Jitterbugger (uncredited)
Vivian Dandridge as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
June Decuire as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Dorothea Durham as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Duke Ellington as Duke Ellington (uncredited)
Byron Ellis as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Joel Fluellen as Mr. Kelso / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Louise Franklin as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
William Gillespie as Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)
Suzette Harbin as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Avanelle Harris as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Kathleen Hartsfield as Dancer at Jim Henry's Paradise (uncredited)
Maggie Hathaway as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Cleo Herndon as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Lawaune Ingram as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Bobby Johnson as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Glenn Leedy as Boy in Church (uncredited)
Meade 'Lux' Lewis as Whistling Solo in 'Take a Chance on Love' (uncredited)
Juanita Moore as Nightclub Patron / Churchgoer (uncredited)
Tommie Moore as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Jieno Moxzer as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Florence O'Brien as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Neva Peoples as Dancer / Jim Henry Patron (uncredited)
Amanda Randolph as Churchgoer (uncredited)
Louise Ritchie as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Henry Phace Roberts as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Carmencita Romero as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Clinton Rosemond as Doctor (uncredited)
Archie Savage as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Edward C. Short as Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)
Johnny Thomas as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Ernestine Wade as Churchgoer (uncredited)
Arthur Walker as Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)
Artie Young as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Juano Hernández as Neighbor (uncredited)
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