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Cabin in the Sky

Cabin in the Sky1943

★6.598 minMusicFantasyComedy

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.

Director

Vincente Minnelli

Writer

Joseph Schrank Marc Connelly

Score

Roger Edens George Bassman George Stoll

Stars

Ethel Waters Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson Lena Horne

Cast61

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.
K
Kenneth Spencer
as The General / Rev. Greene
John 'Bubbles' Sublett
as Domino Johnson
Oscar Polk
as The Deacon / Fleetfoot
Mantan Moreland
as First Idea Man
Willie Best
as Second Idea Man
F
Fletcher Rivers
as Third Idea Man
L
Leon James Poke
as Fourth Idea Man
B
Bill Bailey
as Bill
F
Ford Washington Lee
as Messenger Boy
Butterfly McQueen
as Lily
Ruby Dandridge
as Mrs. Kelso
Nick Stewart
as Dude
Ernest Whitman
as Jim Henry
J
Jules Adger
as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
D
Doris Ake
as Dancer / Jim Henry Paradise Patron (uncredited)
J
Juliette Ball
as Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
L
Lennie Bluett
as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
B
Bernard Bradley
as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
D
Daisy Bufford
as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
J
Jas. Burch
as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
C
Curry Lee Calmes
as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
R
Rita Christiani
as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence / Jitterbugger (uncredited)
Vivian Dandridge
as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
J
June Decuire
as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
D
Dorothea Durham
as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Duke Ellington
as Duke Ellington (uncredited)
B
Byron Ellis
as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Joel Fluellen
as Mr. Kelso / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
L
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)
A
Avanelle Harris
as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
K
Kathleen Hartsfield
as Dancer at Jim Henry's Paradise (uncredited)
M
Maggie Hathaway
as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
C
Cleo Herndon
as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
L
Lawaune Ingram
as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
B
Bobby Johnson
as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Glenn Leedy
as Boy in Church (uncredited)
M
Meade 'Lux' Lewis
as Whistling Solo in 'Take a Chance on Love' (uncredited)
Juanita Moore
as Nightclub Patron / Churchgoer (uncredited)
T
Tommie Moore
as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
J
Jieno Moxzer
as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Florence O'Brien
as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
N
Neva Peoples
as Dancer / Jim Henry Patron (uncredited)
Amanda Randolph
as Churchgoer (uncredited)
L
Louise Ritchie
as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
H
Henry Phace Roberts
as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
C
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)
E
Edward C. Short
as Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)
J
Johnny Thomas
as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
E
Ernestine Wade
as Churchgoer (uncredited)
A
Arthur Walker
as Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)
A
Artie Young
as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Juano Hernández
as Neighbor (uncredited)

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