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.
Top Cast
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
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