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Cabin in the Sky

At Last on the Screen! The Musical Comedy Sensation!

  • Movie
  • 1943
  • NR
  • 1h 38m

Directed by Vincente Minnelli

6.5

TMDB audience rating
6.5 out of 10 from 51 votes

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Overview

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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Cast and crew

  • Ethel Waters

    Ethel WatersPetunia Jackson

  • Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

    Eddie 'Rochester' AndersonJoseph 'Little Joe' Jackson

  • Lena Horne

    Lena HorneGeorgia Brown

  • Louis Armstrong

    Louis ArmstrongThe Trumpeter

  • Rex Ingram

    Rex IngramLucius / Lucifer Jr.

  • Kenneth SpencerThe General / Rev. Greene

  • John 'Bubbles' Sublett

    John 'Bubbles' SublettDomino Johnson

  • Oscar Polk

    Oscar PolkThe Deacon / Fleetfoot

  • Mantan Moreland

    Mantan MorelandFirst Idea Man

  • Willie Best

    Willie BestSecond Idea Man

  • Fletcher RiversThird Idea Man

  • Leon James PokeFourth Idea Man

  • Bill BaileyBill

  • Ford Washington LeeMessenger Boy

  • Butterfly McQueen

    Butterfly McQueenLily

  • Ruby Dandridge

    Ruby DandridgeMrs. Kelso

  • Nick Stewart

    Nick StewartDude

  • Ernest Whitman

    Ernest WhitmanJim Henry

Director
Vincente Minnelli
Writer
Joseph Schrank, Lynn Root and Marc Connelly
Music
Duke Ellington, Mercer Ellington and George Bassman
Cinematography
Sidney Wagner