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