Cabin in the Sky

Mar 24, 1943

1h 38m

★ 6.5

At Last on the Screen! The Musical Comedy Sensation!

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.

Genres

Music

Fantasy

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Cabin in the Sky Trailers

Cast

Petunia Jackson

Ethel Waters

Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Georgia Brown

Lena Horne

The Trumpeter

Louis Armstrong

Lucius / Lucifer Jr.

Rex Ingram

The General / Rev. Greene

Kenneth Spencer

Domino Johnson

John 'Bubbles' Sublett

The Deacon / Fleetfoot

Oscar Polk

First Idea Man

Mantan Moreland

Second Idea Man

Willie Best

Third Idea Man

Fletcher Rivers

Fourth Idea Man

Leon James Poke

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