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