The Green Pastures

"God, heaven, and several Old Testament stories, including the Creation and Noah's Ark, are described supposedly using the perspective of rural, black Americans."

Cast

Oscar Polk

as Gabriel

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

as Noah

Rex Ingram

as De Lawd / Adam / Hezdrel

Frank H. Wilson

as Moses

George H. Reed

as Mr. Deshee / Aaron

Abraham Gleaves

as Archangel

Myrtle Anderson

as Eve

Al Stokes

as Cain

Edna Mae Harris

as Zeba

James Fuller

as Cain the Sixth

George Randol

as High Priest

Ida Forsyne

as Noah's Wife

Anna Mae Fritz

as Stout Angel / Young Gambler / Second Cleaner (uncredited)

Etta Moten

as Angel (uncredited)

Bill Cumby

as Abraham / Head Magician / King of Babylon

Clarence Muse

as Angel (uncredited)

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

as Zubo (uncredited)

Ernest Whitman

as Pharaoh

Willie Best

as Henry - the Angel (uncredited)

Dudley Dickerson

as Ham

Etta McDaniel

as Heckler at the Ark (uncredited)

Mantan Moreland

as Angel Removing Hat (uncredited)

Jester Hairston

as Member of Hall Johnson Choir (uncredited)

Theresa Harris

as Angel (uncredited)

Jesse Graves

as General (uncredited)

Crew

Marc Connelly

Director

William Keighley

Director

Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Original Music Composer

Hal Mohr

Director of Photography

Stanley Fleischer

Art Direction

Allen Saalburg

Art Direction

Milo Anderson

Costume Design

Sherry Shourds

Assistant Director

Charles David Forrest

Sound

Nathan Levinson

Sound

Jack L. Warner

Executive Producer

Hal B. Wallis

Executive Producer

Henry Blanke

Supervising Producer

Sheridan Gibney

Writer

Marc Connelly

Story