The Green Pastures (1936)

Director: William Keighley

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

Gabriel

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Noah

Rex Ingram

De Lawd / Adam / Hezdrel

Frank H. Wilson

Moses

George H. Reed

Mr. Deshee / Aaron

Abraham Gleaves

Archangel

Myrtle Anderson

Eve

Al Stokes

Cain

Edna Mae Harris

Zeba

James Fuller

Cain the Sixth