Ratings

TMDB Rating 6.3
IMDB Rating 7.3
RottenTomatoes Rating 80%

Financials

Revenue: $1,606,624

Budget: $662,141

Profit: + $944,483


Movie Details

Tag Line: At Last on the Screen! The Musical Comedy Sensation!

Status: Released

Average Rating: 6

Release Date: Apr 9, 1943

Rating: 1943-04-09

Run Time: 1h 38m

Original Language: English

Website: -

Production Countries: United States of America

Production Companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer


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Synopsis

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.


Main Cast

Ethel Waters

Ethel Waters

Petunia Jackson

Age : 80 | Popularity : 21%

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson

Age : 71 | Popularity : 23%

Lena Horne

Lena Horne

Georgia Brown

Age : 92 | Popularity : 34%

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

The Trumpeter

Age : N/A | Popularity : 14%

Rex Ingram

Rex Ingram

Lucius / Lucifer Jr.

Age : 83 | Popularity : 26%

Kenneth Spencer

Kenneth Spencer

The General / Rev. Greene

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

John 'Bubbles' Sublett

John 'Bubbles' Sublett

Domino Johnson

Age : 84 | Popularity : 11%

Oscar Polk

Oscar Polk

The Deacon / Fleetfoot

Age : 49 | Popularity : 19%


Crew

Department Role Name
Directing Director
Vincente Minnelli
Vincente Minnelli
Writing Screenplay
Joseph Schrank
Joseph Schrank
Novel
Lynn Root
Lynn Root
Writer
Marc Connelly
Marc Connelly
Lyricist
John La Touche
John La Touche
E.Y. Harburg
E.Y. Harburg
Ted Fetter
Ted Fetter
Cecil Mack
Cecil Mack
Production Producer
Arthur Freed
Arthur Freed
Associate Producer
Albert Lewis
Albert Lewis
Costume & Make-Up Costume Supervisor
Irene
Irene
Sound Sound Director
Douglas Shearer
Douglas Shearer
Music
George Bassman
George Bassman
Roger Edens
Roger Edens
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
Mercer Ellington
Mercer Ellington
Songs
Harold Arlen
Harold Arlen
Vernon Duke
Vernon Duke
Ford Dabney
Ford Dabney
Editing Editor
Harold F. Kress
Harold F. Kress
Art Set Decoration
Edwin B. Willis
Edwin B. Willis
Art Direction
Cedric Gibbons
Cedric Gibbons
Camera Director of Photography
Sidney Wagner
Sidney Wagner
Department Role Name

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