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Fantasy
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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Ethel Waters
Petunia Jackson
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson
Lena Horne
Georgia Brown
Louis Armstrong
The Trumpeter
Rex Ingram
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Kenneth Spencer
The General …
John 'Bubbles' Sublett
Domino Johnson
Oscar Polk
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Willie Best
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Messenger Boy
Ruby Dandridge
Mrs. Kelso
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Ernest Whitman
Jim Henry
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