Cabin in the Sky (1943)
At Last on the Screen! The Musical Comedy Sensation!
98 min
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.
- Release date
- March 27, 1943
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $662,141
- Box office
- $1,606,624
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Trailer
Cast
- Ethel Waters as Petunia Jackson
- Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson as Little Joe Jackson
- Lena Horne as Georgia Brown
- Louis Armstrong as The Trumpeter
- Rex Ingram as Lucius
- Kenneth Spencer as The General
- Oscar Polk as The Deacon
- Mantan Moreland as First Idea Man
- Willie Best as Second Idea Man
- Bill Bailey as Bill
- Ford Washington Lee as Messenger Boy
- Butterfly McQueen as Lily
- Ruby Dandridge as Mrs. Kelso
- Nick Stewart as Dude
- Ernest Whitman as Jim Henry
- Daisy Bufford as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
- Rita Christiani as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence / Jitterbugger (uncredited)
- Rex Ingram as Lucifer Jr.
- Kenneth Spencer as Rev. Green
- John W. Bubbles as Domino Johnson
- Oscar Polk as Fleetfoot
Crew
- Vincente Minnelli · Director
- Joseph Schrank · Writer
- Lynn Root · Writer
- Arthur Freed · Producer
- Sidney Wagner · Cinematographer
- Harold F. Kress · Editor