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