Vincente Minnelli
Director
Joseph Schrank
Screenplay
Lynn Root
Novel
Arthur Freed
Producer
Ford Dabney
Songs
Mercer Ellington
Music
Harold Arlen
Songs
Vernon Duke
Songs
E.Y. Harburg
Lyricist
Ted Fetter
Lyricist
Duke Ellington
Music
Cecil Mack
Lyricist
George Stoll
Original Music Composer
Roger Edens
Original Music Composer
George Bassman
Original Music Composer
Hall Johnson
Original Music Composer
Irene
Costume Supervisor
Sidney Wagner
Director of Photography
Harold F. Kress
Editor
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Albert Lewis
Associate Producer
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Douglas Shearer
Sound Director
Marc Connelly
Writer
John La Touche
Lyricist
Ethel Waters
Petunia Jackson
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson
Lena Horne
Georgia Brown
Louis Armstrong
The Trumpeter
Rex Ingram
Lucius / Lucifer Jr.
Kenneth Spencer
The General / Rev. Greene
John 'Bubbles' Sublett
Domino Johnson
Oscar Polk
The Deacon / Fleetfoot
Mantan Moreland
First Idea Man
Willie Best
Second Idea Man
Fletcher Rivers
Third Idea Man
Leon James Poke
Fourth Idea Man
Bill Bailey
Bill
Ford Washington Lee
Messenger Boy
Butterfly McQueen
Lily
Ruby Dandridge
Mrs. Kelso
Nick Stewart
Dude
Ernest Whitman
Jim Henry
Jules Adger
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Doris Ake
Dancer / Jim Henry Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Juliette Ball
Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Lennie Bluett
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Bernard Bradley
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Daisy Bufford
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Jas. Burch
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Curry Lee Calmes
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Rita Christiani
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence / Jitterbugger (uncredited)
Vivian Dandridge
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
June Decuire
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Dorothea Durham
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington (uncredited)
Byron Ellis
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Joel Fluellen
Mr. Kelso / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Louise Franklin
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
William Gillespie
Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)
Suzette Harbin
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Avanelle Harris
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Kathleen Hartsfield
Dancer at Jim Henry's Paradise (uncredited)
Maggie Hathaway
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Cleo Herndon
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Lawaune Ingram
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Bobby Johnson
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Glenn Leedy
Boy in Church (uncredited)
Meade 'Lux' Lewis
Whistling Solo in 'Take a Chance on Love' (uncredited)
Juanita Moore
Nightclub Patron / Churchgoer (uncredited)
Tommie Moore
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Jieno Moxzer
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Florence O'Brien
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Neva Peoples
Dancer / Jim Henry Patron (uncredited)
Amanda Randolph
Churchgoer (uncredited)
Louise Ritchie
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Henry Phace Roberts
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Carmencita Romero
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Clinton Rosemond
Doctor (uncredited)
Archie Savage
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Edward C. Short
Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)
Johnny Thomas
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Ernestine Wade
Churchgoer (uncredited)
Arthur Walker
Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)
Artie Young
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
