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