Cabin in the Sky backdrop
Cabin in the Sky poster
Trailer
Cabin in the Sky
6.3
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1h 38m
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1943
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Released
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.

Cast
Ethel Waters poster
Ethel Waters
Petunia Jackson
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson poster
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson
Lena Horne poster
Lena Horne
Georgia Brown
Louis Armstrong poster
Louis Armstrong
The Trumpeter
Rex Ingram poster
Rex Ingram
Lucius / Lucifer Jr.
Kenneth Spencer poster
Kenneth Spencer
The General / Rev. Greene
John 'Bubbles' Sublett poster
John 'Bubbles' Sublett
Domino Johnson
Oscar Polk poster
Oscar Polk
The Deacon / Fleetfoot
Mantan Moreland poster
Mantan Moreland
First Idea Man
Willie Best poster
Willie Best
Second Idea Man
Fletcher Rivers poster
Fletcher Rivers
Third Idea Man
Leon James Poke poster
Leon James Poke
Fourth Idea Man
Bill Bailey poster
Bill Bailey
Bill
Ford Washington Lee poster
Ford Washington Lee
Messenger Boy
Butterfly McQueen poster
Butterfly McQueen
Lily
Ruby Dandridge poster
Ruby Dandridge
Mrs. Kelso
Nick Stewart poster
Nick Stewart
Dude
Ernest Whitman poster
Ernest Whitman
Jim Henry
Jules Adger poster
Jules Adger
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Doris Ake poster
Doris Ake
Dancer / Jim Henry Paradise Patron (uncredited)

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