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Cabin in the Sky

1943-03-241h 38mMusic / Fantasy / Comedy6.5/10TMDB · 51 votes

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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Directed byVincente Minnelli

Original languageEnglish

Original release1943-03-24

ProductionUnited States of America

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Ethel WatersPetunia Jackson

Eddie 'Rochester' AndersonJoseph 'Little Joe' Jackson

Lena HorneGeorgia Brown

Louis ArmstrongThe Trumpeter

Rex IngramLucius / Lucifer Jr.

Kenneth SpencerThe General / Rev. Greene

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John 'Bubbles' SublettDomino Johnson Oscar PolkThe Deacon / Fleetfoot Mantan MorelandFirst Idea Man Willie BestSecond Idea Man Fletcher RiversThird Idea Man Leon James PokeFourth Idea Man Bill BaileyBill Ford Washington LeeMessenger Boy Butterfly McQueenLily Ruby DandridgeMrs. Kelso Nick StewartDude Ernest WhitmanJim Henry Jules AdgerSpecialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)Doris AkeDancer / Jim Henry Paradise Patron (uncredited)Juliette BallJim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)Lennie BluettDancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)Bernard BradleySpecialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)Daisy BuffordDancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)Jas. BurchSpecialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)Curry Lee CalmesSpecialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)Rita ChristianiSpecialty Dancer in Hell Sequence / Jitterbugger (uncredited)Vivian DandridgeDancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)June DecuireSpecialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)Dorothea DurhamDancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)Duke EllingtonDuke Ellington (uncredited)Byron EllisSpecialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)Joel FluellenMr. Kelso / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)Louise FranklinDancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)William GillespieSoloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)Suzette HarbinDancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)Avanelle HarrisDancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)Kathleen HartsfieldDancer at Jim Henry's Paradise (uncredited)Maggie HathawayDancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)Cleo HerndonDancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)Lawaune IngramSpecialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)Bobby JohnsonSpecialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)Glenn LeedyBoy in Church (uncredited)Meade 'Lux' LewisWhistling Solo in 'Take a Chance on Love' (uncredited)Juanita MooreNightclub Patron / Churchgoer (uncredited)Tommie MooreDancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)Jieno MoxzerSpecialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)Florence O'BrienDancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)Neva PeoplesDancer / Jim Henry Patron (uncredited)Amanda RandolphChurchgoer (uncredited)Louise RitchieSpecialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)Henry Phace RobertsDancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)Carmencita RomeroDancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)Clinton RosemondDoctor (uncredited)Archie SavageDancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)Edward C. ShortSoloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)Johnny ThomasDancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)Ernestine WadeChurchgoer (uncredited)Arthur WalkerSoloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)Artie YoungSpecialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)Juano HernándezNeighbor (uncredited)

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