Cabin in the Sky

Cabin in the Sky (1943)

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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.

star 6.5 7.1 81%
  • Release Date: 1943-03-24
  • Runtime: 1h 38min
  • Director: Vincente Minnelli

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Cast

  • Ethel Waters

    Petunia Jackson

  • Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

    Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson

  • Lena Horne

    Georgia Brown

  • Louis Armstrong

    The Trumpeter

  • Rex Ingram

    Lucius / Lucifer Jr.

  • Kenneth Spencer

    The General / Rev. Greene

  • John 'Bubbles' Sublett

    Domino Johnson

  • Oscar Polk

    The Deacon / Fleetfoot

  • Mantan Moreland

    First Idea Man

  • Willie Best

    Second Idea Man

  • Fletcher Rivers

    Third Idea Man

  • Leon James Poke

    Fourth Idea Man

  • Bill Bailey

    Bill

  • Ford Washington Lee

    Messenger Boy

  • Butterfly McQueen

    Lily

  • Ruby Dandridge

    Mrs. Kelso

  • Nick Stewart

    Dude

  • Ernest Whitman

    Jim Henry

  • Jules Adger

    Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

  • Doris Ake

    Dancer / Jim Henry Paradise Patron (uncredited)

  • Juliette Ball

    Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

  • Lennie Bluett

    Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

  • Bernard Bradley

    Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

  • Daisy Bufford

    Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

  • Jas. Burch

    Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

  • Curry Lee Calmes

    Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

  • Rita Christiani

    Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence / Jitterbugger (uncredited)

  • Vivian Dandridge

    Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

  • June Decuire

    Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

  • Dorothea Durham

    Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

  • Duke Ellington

    Duke Ellington (uncredited)

  • Byron Ellis

    Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

  • Joel Fluellen

    Mr. Kelso / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

  • Louise Franklin

    Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

  • William Gillespie

    Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)

  • Suzette Harbin

    Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

  • Avanelle Harris

    Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

  • Kathleen Hartsfield

    Dancer at Jim Henry's Paradise (uncredited)

  • Maggie Hathaway

    Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

  • Cleo Herndon

    Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

  • Lawaune Ingram

    Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

  • Bobby Johnson

    Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

  • Glenn Leedy

    Boy in Church (uncredited)

  • Meade 'Lux' Lewis

    Whistling Solo in 'Take a Chance on Love' (uncredited)

  • Juanita Moore

    Nightclub Patron / Churchgoer (uncredited)

  • Tommie Moore

    Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

  • Jieno Moxzer

    Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

  • Florence O'Brien

    Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

  • Neva Peoples

    Dancer / Jim Henry Patron (uncredited)

  • Amanda Randolph

    Churchgoer (uncredited)

  • Louise Ritchie

    Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

  • Henry Phace Roberts

    Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

  • Carmencita Romero

    Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

  • Clinton Rosemond

    Doctor (uncredited)

  • Archie Savage

    Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

  • Edward C. Short

    Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)

  • Johnny Thomas

    Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

  • Ernestine Wade

    Churchgoer (uncredited)

  • Arthur Walker

    Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)

  • Artie Young

    Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

  • Juano Hernández

    Neighbor (uncredited)

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