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Cabin in the Sky

At Last on the Screen! The Musical Comedy Sensation!
1943 | 98m | English

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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.
Release Date: Mar 24, 1943
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Writer: Marc Connelly, Joseph Schrank, Lynn Root
Genres: Fantasy, Music
Keywords angel, hell, prayer, singer, church, gambler
Production Companies Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Box Office Revenue: $1,606,624
Budget: $662,141
Updates Updated: Feb 02, 2025
Entered: Apr 20, 2024
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Name Character
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
Butterfly McQueen Lily
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)
Curry Lee Calmes Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Rita Christiani Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence / Jitterbugger (uncredited)
Vivian Dandridge Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
June Decuire Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Dorothea Durham Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Duke Ellington Duke Ellington (uncredited)
Byron Ellis Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Joel Fluellen Mr. Kelso / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Louise Franklin Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
William Gillespie Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)
Suzette Harbin Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Avanelle Harris Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Kathleen Hartsfield Dancer at Jim Henry's Paradise (uncredited)
Maggie Hathaway Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Cleo Herndon Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Lawaune Ingram Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Bobby Johnson Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Glenn Leedy Boy in Church (uncredited)
Meade 'Lux' Lewis Whistling Solo in 'Take a Chance on Love' (uncredited)
Juanita Moore Nightclub Patron / Churchgoer (uncredited)
Tommie Moore Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Jieno Moxzer Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Florence O'Brien Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Neva Peoples Dancer / Jim Henry Patron (uncredited)
Amanda Randolph Churchgoer (uncredited)
Louise Ritchie Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Henry Phace Roberts Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Carmencita Romero Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Clinton Rosemond Doctor (uncredited)
Archie Savage Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Edward C. Short Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)
Johnny Thomas Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Ernestine Wade Churchgoer (uncredited)
Arthur Walker Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)
Artie Young Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Juano Hernández Neighbor (uncredited)
Name Job
George Stoll Original Music Composer
Vincente Minnelli Director
Irene Costume Supervisor
Cedric Gibbons Art Direction
Edwin B. Willis Set Decoration
Douglas Shearer Sound Director
Marc Connelly Writer
Harold Arlen Songs
E.Y. Harburg Lyricist
Duke Ellington Music
Joseph Schrank Screenplay
Lynn Root Novel
Sidney Wagner Director of Photography
Harold F. Kress Editor
John La Touche Lyricist
Vernon Duke Songs
Ted Fetter Lyricist
Ford Dabney Songs
Cecil Mack Lyricist
Mercer Ellington Music
Roger Edens Original Music Composer
George Bassman Original Music Composer
Hall Johnson Original Music Composer
Name Title
Arthur Freed Producer
Albert Lewis Associate Producer
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