Movie
Cabin in the Sky
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1943-03-24
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Genres
- Music, Fantasy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Loew's Incorporated
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
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 'Bubbles' Sublett 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
Crew
- Vincente Minnelli - Director
- Marc Connelly - Writer
- Joseph Schrank - Screenplay
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