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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Ethel WatersPetunia Jackson
Eddie 'Rochester' AndersonJoseph 'Little Joe' Jackson
Lena HorneGeorgia Brown
Rex IngramLucius / Lucifer Jr.
John 'Bubbles' SublettDomino Johnson
Oscar PolkThe Deacon / Fleetfoot
Mantan MorelandFirst Idea Man
Willie BestSecond Idea ManExplore the crew
- Director
- Vincente Minnelli
- Screenplay
- Joseph Schrank
- Producer
- Arthur Freed
- Original Music Composer
- Roger Edens
- Original Music Composer
- George Stoll
- Original Music Composer
- George Bassman
- Original Music Composer
- Hall Johnson
- Director of Photography
- Sidney Wagner
- Editor
- Harold F. Kress
- Writer
- Marc Connelly