Cabin in the Sky
1943 · 98 min
Music · Fantasy · Comedy
★ 6.5Trailer
When compulsive gambler Little Joe Jackson dies in a drunken fight, he awakens in purgatory, where he learns that he will be sent back to Earth for six months to prove that he deserves to be in heaven. He awakens, remembering nothing and struggles to do right by his devout wife, Petunia, while an angel known as the General and the devil's son, Lucifer Jr., fight for his soul.
Crew
- Director Vincente Minnelli
- Screenplay Joseph Schrank
- Writer Marc Connelly
- Director of Photography Sidney Wagner
Cast
Ethel Waters
Petunia Jackson
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson
Lena Horne
Georgia Brown
Louis Armstrong
The Trumpeter
Rex Ingram
Lucius / Lucifer Jr.
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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
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Fletcher Rivers
Third Idea Man
- L
Leon James Poke
Fourth Idea Man
Crew
- Director — Vincente Minnelli
- Screenplay — Joseph Schrank
- Writer — Marc Connelly
- Director of Photography — Sidney Wagner
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