Cabin in the Sky (1943)

Details

Original Title: Cabin in the Sky

Release Date: March 24, 1943

Runtime: 98 minutes

Budget: $662,141.0

Revenue: $1,606,624.0

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

Ethel Waters

Petunia Jackson

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson

Lena Horne

Georgia Brown

Louis Armstrong

The Trumpeter

Rex Ingram

Lucius / Lucifer Jr.

Oscar Polk

The Deacon / Fleetfoot

Mantan Moreland

First Idea Man

Willie Best

Second Idea Man

Vivian Dandridge

Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington (uncredited)

Joel Fluellen

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

William Gillespie

Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)

Suzette Harbin

Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Glenn Leedy

Boy in Church (uncredited)

Juanita Moore

Nightclub Patron / Churchgoer (uncredited)

Florence O'Brien

Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Amanda Randolph

Churchgoer (uncredited)

Crew

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