Cabin in the Sky

Movie genre: Music Fantasy Comedy

Movie Budget: $662,141.00

24-Mar-1943

98 min

6.5/10 (50)

English

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.

Movie tag line: "At Last on the Screen! The Musical Comedy Sensation!"

Production companies:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Loew's Incorporated

Cast & Crew

Ethel Waters

Character: Petunia Jackson

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Character: Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson

Lena Horne

Character: Georgia Brown

Louis Armstrong

Character: The Trumpeter

Rex Ingram

Character: Lucius / Lucifer Jr.

Kenneth Spencer

Character: The General / Rev. Greene

John 'Bubbles' Sublett

Character: Domino Johnson

Oscar Polk

Character: The Deacon / Fleetfoot

Mantan Moreland

Character: First Idea Man

Willie Best

Character: Second Idea Man

Fletcher Rivers

Character: Third Idea Man

Leon James Poke

Character: Fourth Idea Man

Bill Bailey

Character: Bill

Ford Washington Lee

Character: Messenger Boy

Butterfly McQueen

Character: Lily

Ruby Dandridge

Character: Mrs. Kelso

Nick Stewart

Character: Dude

Ernest Whitman

Character: Jim Henry

Jules Adger

Character: Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Doris Ake

Character: Dancer / Jim Henry Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Juliette Ball

Character: Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Lennie Bluett

Character: Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Bernard Bradley

Character: Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Daisy Bufford

Character: Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Jas. Burch

Character: Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Curry Lee Calmes

Character: Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Rita Christiani

Character: Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence / Jitterbugger (uncredited)

Vivian Dandridge

Character: Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

June Decuire

Character: Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Dorothea Durham

Character: Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Duke Ellington

Character: Duke Ellington (uncredited)

Byron Ellis

Character: Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Joel Fluellen

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

Louise Franklin

Character: Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

William Gillespie

Character: Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)

Suzette Harbin

Character: Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Avanelle Harris

Character: Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Kathleen Hartsfield

Character: Dancer at Jim Henry's Paradise (uncredited)

Maggie Hathaway

Character: Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Cleo Herndon

Character: Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Lawaune Ingram

Character: Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Bobby Johnson

Character: Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Glenn Leedy

Character: Boy in Church (uncredited)

Meade 'Lux' Lewis

Character: Whistling Solo in 'Take a Chance on Love' (uncredited)

Juanita Moore

Character: Nightclub Patron / Churchgoer (uncredited)

Tommie Moore

Character: Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Jieno Moxzer

Character: Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Florence O'Brien

Character: Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Neva Peoples

Character: Dancer / Jim Henry Patron (uncredited)

Amanda Randolph

Character: Churchgoer (uncredited)

Louise Ritchie

Character: Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Henry Phace Roberts

Character: Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Carmencita Romero

Character: Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Clinton Rosemond

Character: Doctor (uncredited)

Archie Savage

Character: Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Edward C. Short

Character: Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)

Johnny Thomas

Character: Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Ernestine Wade

Character: Churchgoer (uncredited)

Arthur Walker

Character: Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)

Artie Young

Character: Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Juano Hernández

Character: Neighbor (uncredited)

Cast & Crew

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