Cabin in the Sky

Cabin in the Sky

98 mins | Music, Fantasy | April 9, 1943

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.

Cabin in the Sky

98 mins | Music, Fantasy | April 9, 1943

Cabin in the Sky
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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Cabin in the Sky
Directors Vincente Minnelli
Writers Cecil Mack, John La Touche, Ted Fetter, E.Y. Harburg, Joseph Schrank, Lynn Root, Marc Connelly

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 W. Bubbles

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

Ruby Dandridge

as Mrs. Kelso

Nick Stewart

as Dude

Ernest Whitman

as Jim Henry

Jules Adger

as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Doris Ake

as Dancer / Jim Henry Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Juliette Ball

as Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Lennie Bluett

as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Bernard Bradley

as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Daisy Bufford

as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Jas. Burch

as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Curry Lee Calmes

as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Rita Christiani

as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence / Jitterbugger (uncredited)

Vivian Dandridge

as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

June Decuire

as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Dorothea Durham

as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Duke Ellington

as Duke Ellington (uncredited)

Byron Ellis

as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Joel Fluellen

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

Louise Franklin

as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

William Gillespie

as Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)

Suzette Harbin

as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Avanelle Harris

as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Kathleen Hartsfield

as Dancer at Jim Henry's Paradise (uncredited)

Maggie Hathaway

as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Cleo Herndon

as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Lawaune Ingram

as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Bobby Johnson

as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Glenn Leedy

as Boy in Church (uncredited)

Meade 'Lux' Lewis

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

Juanita Moore

as Nightclub Patron / Churchgoer (uncredited)

Tommie Moore

as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Jieno Moxzer

as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Florence O'Brien

as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Neva Peoples

as Dancer / Jim Henry Patron (uncredited)

Amanda Randolph

as Churchgoer (uncredited)

Louise Ritchie

as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Henry Phace Roberts

as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Carmencita Romero

as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Clinton Rosemond

as Doctor (uncredited)

Archie Savage

as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Edward C. Short

as Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)

Johnny Thomas

as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Ernestine Wade

as Churchgoer (uncredited)

Arthur Walker

as Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)

Artie Young

as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)