Cabin in the Sky
Cabin in the Sky
Release: 1943-03-24
·Runtime: 98m
·★ 6.5
Music
Fantasy
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
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)
