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.

• DirectorVincente Minnelli
• Release24 March 1943
• Genre
  Music / Fantasy
• Duration1h 38m
• Budget$662,141
• Revenue$1,606,624
• Rate
  

  6.457
  46 reviews
• Productions

  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer