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