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