Obsazení

• Nick Stewart — Dude
• Willie Best — Second Idea Man
• Louis Armstrong — The Trumpeter
• Duke Ellington — Duke Ellington
• Ethel Waters — Petunia Jackson
• Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson — Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson
• Lena Horne — Georgia Brown
• Rex Ingram — Lucius / Lucifer Jr.
• Bill Bailey — Bill
• Ruby Dandridge — Mrs. Kelso
• Joel Fluellen — Mr. Kelso / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron
• Louise Franklin — Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron
• Suzette Harbin — Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron
• Bobby Johnson — Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence
• Juanita Moore — Nightclub Patron / Churchgoer
• Amanda Randolph — Churchgoer
• Carmencita Romero — Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron
• Ernestine Wade — Churchgoer