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.

  • Released: 1943-04-09
  • Runtime: 98 minutes
  • Genre: Fantasy, Music
  • Stars: Ethel Waters, Neva Peoples, Louis Armstrong, Willie Best, William Gillespie, Jieno Moxzer, Oscar Polk, Lennie Bluett, Vivian Dandridge, Suzette Harbin, Tommie Moore, Ernest Whitman, Edward C. Short, Kenneth Spencer, Florence O'Brien, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Louise Franklin, Glenn Leedy, Clinton Rosemond, Rex Ingram  Show all >
    Doris Ake, Dorothea Durham, Bobby Johnson, Ruby Dandridge, Rita Christiani, Maggie Hathaway, Amanda Randolph, Ford Washington Lee, Johnny Thomas, Nick Stewart, Meade 'Lux' Lewis, Duke Ellington, Kathleen Hartsfield, Louise Ritchie, Butterfly McQueen, Avanelle Harris, Archie Savage, Lena Horne, Arthur Walker, Juanita Moore, Artie Young, Daisy Bufford, Mantan Moreland, Joel Fluellen, Bill Bailey, Fletcher Rivers, Ernestine Wade, Leon James Poke, Juano Hernández
  • Director: Vincente Minnelli