Cain — The Green Pastures Character Profile

About Cain

Initially appears as a zoot-suited boyfriend to Zeba on earth; later involved in a crowd scuffle where he kills Big Joe with a stab.

Character Facts

Played by

Al Stokes

Appears in

The Green Pastures (1936)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (2)

• Cain — Romantic Lover — Zeba (Edna Mae Harris)

  Romantic partners on earth.

• Cain — Narrative Subject — De Lawd / Adam / Hezdrel (Rex Ingram)

  Divine observer and earthly subject.

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More characters from The Green Pastures

• Gabriel (Oscar Polk)
• Noah (Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson)
• De Lawd / Adam / Hezdrel (Rex Ingram)
• Archangel (Abraham Gleaves)
• Mr. Deshee / Aaron (George H. Reed)
• Moses (Frank H. Wilson)
• Zeba (Edna Mae Harris)
• Cain the Sixth (James Fuller)
• Eve (Myrtle Anderson)
• High Priest (George Randol)
• Angel (uncredited) (Etta Moten)
• Abraham / Head Magician / King of Babylon (Bill Cumby)