CABIN IN THE SKY (1943)
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Cabin in the Sky
At Last on the Screen! The Musical Comedy Sensation!
Music, Fantasy
March 24, 1943
English
1h 38m
United States
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
$662,141
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.
Cast & Characters
Ethel Waters
Petunia Jackson
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson
Lena Horne
Georgia Brown
Louis Armstrong
The Trumpeter
Rex Ingram
Lucius / Lucifer Jr.
Kenneth Spencer
The General / Rev. Greene
John 'Bubbles' Sublett
Domino Johnson
Oscar Polk
The Deacon / Fleetfoot
Mantan Moreland
First Idea Man
Willie Best
Second Idea Man
Fletcher Rivers
Third Idea Man
Leon James Poke
Fourth Idea Man
Bill Bailey
Bill
Ford Washington Lee
Messenger Boy
Ruby Dandridge
Mrs. Kelso
Nick Stewart
Dude
Ernest Whitman
Jim Henry
Jules Adger
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Doris Ake
Dancer / Jim Henry Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Juliette Ball
Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Lennie Bluett
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Bernard Bradley
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Daisy Bufford
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Jas. Burch
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Crew
Vincente Minnelli
Director
Marc Connelly
Writer
Lynn Root
Novel
Joseph Schrank
Screenplay
George Bassman
Original Music Composer
Roger Edens
Original Music Composer
George Stoll
Original Music Composer
Hall Johnson
Original Music Composer
Sidney Wagner
Director of Photography
Arthur Freed
Producer