Cabin in the Sky
Music
Fantasy
At Last on the Screen! The Musical Comedy Sensation!
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.
1943-03-24
en
Cast
Director
Vincente Minnelli
Ethel Waters as Petunia Jackson
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson as Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson
Lena Horne as Georgia Brown
Louis Armstrong as The Trumpeter
Rex Ingram as Lucius / Lucifer Jr.
John 'Bubbles' Sublett as Domino Johnson
Oscar Polk as The Deacon / Fleetfoot
Mantan Moreland as First Idea Man
Willie Best as Second Idea Man
Butterfly McQueen as Lily
Ruby Dandridge as Mrs. Kelso
Nick Stewart as Dude
Ernest Whitman as Jim Henry
Vivian Dandridge as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Duke Ellington as Duke Ellington (uncredited)
Joel Fluellen as Mr. Kelso / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
William Gillespie as Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)
Suzette Harbin as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Glenn Leedy as Boy in Church (uncredited)
Juanita Moore as Nightclub Patron / Churchgoer (uncredited)
Florence O'Brien as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Amanda Randolph as Churchgoer (uncredited)
Clinton Rosemond as Doctor (uncredited)
Archie Savage as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Juano Hernández as Neighbor (uncredited)