Cabin in the Sky (1943)

Name: Cabin in the Sky
Genre: Music, Fantasy, Comedy
Released: 1943-03-24
Duration: 98 min
Cast: Ethel Waters, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong, Rex Ingram

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.

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Released 1943-03-24 · 98 min · Music, Fantasy, Comedy

Directed by Vincente Minnelli

Cast

Ethel Waters as Petunia Jackson
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson as Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson
Lena Horne as Georgia Brown
Louis Armstrong as The Trumpeter
Rex Ingram as Lucius / Lucifer Jr.
Kenneth Spencer as The General / Rev. Greene
John 'Bubbles' Sublett as Domino Johnson
Oscar Polk as The Deacon / Fleetfoot
Mantan Moreland as First Idea Man
Willie Best as Second Idea Man
Fletcher Rivers as Third Idea Man
Leon James Poke as Fourth Idea Man
Bill Bailey as Bill
Ford Washington Lee as Messenger Boy
Butterfly McQueen as Lily