1 Oscar Nominations·National Film Registry
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.
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
DirectorVincente Minnelli
StarringEthel Waters, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong, Rex Ingram
ComposerRoger Edens, George Stoll, George Bassman, Hall Johnson
1 Oscar Nominations·National Film Registry
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.
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
DirectorVincente Minnelli
StarringEthel Waters, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong, Rex Ingram
ComposerRoger Edens, George Stoll, George Bassman, Hall Johnson