Cabin in the Sky (1943)

"At Last on the Screen! The Musical Comedy Sensation!"

6.5 March 24, 1943 1h 38m Released
MusicFantasyComedy

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.

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Cast

  • Ethel Waters

    Ethel Waters

    Petunia Jackson

  • Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

    Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

    Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson

  • Lena Horne

    Lena Horne

    Georgia Brown

  • Louis Armstrong

    Louis Armstrong

    The Trumpeter

  • Rex Ingram

    Rex Ingram

    Lucius / Lucifer Jr.

  • Kenneth Spencer

    Kenneth Spencer

    The General / Rev. Greene

  • John 'Bubbles' Sublett

    John 'Bubbles' Sublett

    Domino Johnson

  • Oscar Polk

    Oscar Polk

    The Deacon / Fleetfoot

  • Mantan Moreland

    Mantan Moreland

    First Idea Man

  • Willie Best

    Willie Best

    Second Idea Man

  • Fletcher Rivers

    Fletcher Rivers

    Third Idea Man

  • Leon James Poke

    Leon James Poke

    Fourth Idea Man

  • Bill Bailey

    Bill Bailey

    Bill

  • Ford Washington Lee

    Ford Washington Lee

    Messenger Boy

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