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At Last on the Screen! The Musical Comedy Sensation!
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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.
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Unrequited LoveRedemption ArcDevilish IntrigueMoral DilemmasAngelic InterventionSecond ChanceHeaven And HellAfterlife




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Directed by: Vincente Minnelli, Sidney Wagner, Douglas Shearer
Written by: Marc Connelly
Produced by: Arthur Freed, Albert Lewis
Composed by: Roger Edens, George Stoll, George Bassman
Cast

Ethel Waters
Petunia Jackson

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson

Lena Horne
Georgia Brown

Louis Armstrong
The Trumpeter

Rex Ingram
Lucius / Lucifer Jr.

John 'Bubbles' Sublett
Domino Johnson

Oscar Polk
The Deacon / Fleetfoot

Mantan Moreland
First Idea Man

Willie Best
Second Idea Man

Butterfly McQueen
Lily
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