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| Rex Ingram | ... | Adam / De Lawd / Hezdrel | |
| Oscar Polk | ... | Gabriel | |
| Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson | ... | Noah (as Eddie Anderson) | |
| Frank H. Wilson | ... | Moses / Sexton (as Frank Wilson) | |
| George Reed | ... | Mr. Deshee / Aaron | |
| Abraham Gleaves | ... | Archangel | |
| Myrtle Anderson | ... | Eve | |
| Al Stokes | ... | Cain | |
| Edna Mae Harris | ... | Zeba (as Harris, Edna M.) | |
| James Fuller | ... | Cain the Sixth | |
| George Randol | ... | High Priest | |
| Ida Forsyne | ... | Mrs. Noah | |
| Ray Martin | ... | Shem | |
| Charles Andrews | ... | Flatfoot / Gambler (as Chas. Andrews) | |
| Dudley Dickerson | ... | Ham | |
| Jimmy Burress | ... | Japheth | |
| Billy Cumby | ... | Abraham / King of Babylon / Head Magician (as William Cumby) | |
| Ivory Williams | ... | Jacob | |
| David Bethea | ... | Aaron | |
| Ernest Whitman | ... | Pharaoh | |
| Reginald Fenderson | ... | Joshua | |
| Slim Thompson | ... | Master of Ceremonies / Man on Ground | |
| Clinton Rosemond | ... | Prophet | |
| Hall Johnson Choir | ... | Vocal Ensemble | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| John Alexander | ... | Dancer #1 (uncredited) | |
| Willie Best | ... | Henry, the Angel (uncredited) | |
| Dorothy Bishop | ... | Mrs. Japheth (uncredited) | |
| William Broadus | ... | Mr. Randall (uncredited) | |
| Ben Carter | ... | Gambler (uncredited) | |
| Lillian Davis | ... | Viney Prohack (uncredited) | |
| Amanda Drayton | ... | Mrs. Randall (uncredited) | |
| Jesse Graves | ... | General (uncredited) | |
| Minnie Gray | ... | Mrs. Ham (uncredited) | |
| Bessie Guy | ... | Mrs. Shem (uncredited) | |
| Jester Hairston | ... | Member of Hall Johnson Choir (uncredited) | |
| Philip Hurlic | ... | Carlisle Randall (uncredited) | |
| Johnny Lee | ... | Angel (uncredited) | |
| Bessie Lyle | ... | Mrs. Prohack (uncredited) | |
| Etta McDaniel | ... | Heckler at the Ark (uncredited) | |
| Mantan Moreland | ... | Angel Removing Hat (uncredited) | |
| Charlotte Sneed | ... | Carlotta Prohack (uncredited) | |
| Fred 'Snowflake' Toones | ... | Zubo (uncredited) | |
| Duke Upshaw | ... | Abel / Dancer #2 (uncredited) | |
| Rosena Weston | ... | Zipporah (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Marc Connelly | |||
| William Keighley | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Roark Bradford | (novel "Ol'Man Adam and His Chillun'") | |
| Marc Connelly | play | |
| Marc Connelly | screenplay | |
| Sheridan Gibney | uncredited | |
Produced by | |||
| Henry Blanke | .... | supervising producer | |
| Jack L. Warner | .... | producer (uncredited) | |
Original Music by | |||
| Erich Wolfgang Korngold | (uncredited) | ||
Cinematography by | |||
| Hal Mohr | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| George Amy | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Stanley Fleischer | |||
| Allen Saalburg | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Milo Anderson | (uncredited) | ||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Sherry Shourds | .... | assistant director | |
Sound Department | |||
| Nathan Levinson | .... | sound | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Fred Jackman | .... | special photographic effects | |
Music Department | |||
| Leo F. Forbstein | .... | musical director | |
| Hall Johnson | .... | conductor: Hal Johnson choir | |
| Hall Johnson | .... | music arranger: choral arrangements | |
| Hugo Friedhofer | .... | orchestrator (uncredited) | |
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It seems almost incredible that this film was made in 1936, when the almost invariable tendency in Hollywood was to portray negroes as (perhaps) lovable, but mostly inept, submissive, rather primitive creatures, good for a laugh and musical entertainment but for not much else. Here we see, in primitive guise but with great delicacy, feeling, seriousness and depth (even the difficult theological problem of the doubting God is touched on towards the end) the events of the New Testament as seen through the eyes of negro believers. This is one of the very few movies I have insisted on that my children see as part of their education, and this should apply to many grownups too.