Cabin in the Sky

Cabin in the Sky (1943)

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  • Genre: Music, Fantasy
  • Release Date: 1943-03-24
  • User Rating: 6.3/10 from 37 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 38min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Vincente Minnelli
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Summary

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.

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  • 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
  • Bill Bailey

    as Bill
  • Ford Washington Lee

    as Messenger Boy
  • Butterfly McQueen

    as Lily
  • Ruby Dandridge

    as Mrs. Kelso
  • Nick Stewart

    as Dude
  • Ernest Whitman

    as Jim Henry
  • Jules Adger

    as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
  • Doris Ake

    as Dancer / Jim Henry Paradise Patron (uncredited)
  • Juliette Ball

    as Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
  • Lennie Bluett

    as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
  • Bernard Bradley

    as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
  • Daisy Bufford

    as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
  • Jas. Burch

    as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
  • Curry Lee Calmes

    as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
  • Rita Christiani

    as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence / Jitterbugger (uncredited)
  • Vivian Dandridge

    as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
  • June Decuire

    as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
  • Dorothea Durham

    as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
  • Duke Ellington

    as Duke Ellington (uncredited)
  • Byron Ellis

    as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
  • Joel Fluellen

    as Mr. Kelso / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
  • Louise Franklin

    as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
  • William Gillespie

    as Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)
  • Suzette Harbin

    as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
  • Avanelle Harris

    as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
  • Kathleen Hartsfield

    as Dancer at Jim Henry's Paradise (uncredited)
  • Maggie Hathaway

    as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
  • Cleo Herndon

    as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
  • Lawaune Ingram

    as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
  • Bobby Johnson

    as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
  • Glenn Leedy

    as Boy in Church (uncredited)
  • Meade 'Lux' Lewis

    as Whistling Solo in 'Take a Chance on Love' (uncredited)
  • Juanita Moore

    as Nightclub Patron / Churchgoer (uncredited)
  • Tommie Moore

    as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
  • Jieno Moxzer

    as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
  • Florence O'Brien

    as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
  • Neva Peoples

    as Dancer / Jim Henry Patron (uncredited)
  • Amanda Randolph

    as Churchgoer (uncredited)
  • Louise Ritchie

    as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
  • Henry Phace Roberts

    as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
  • Carmencita Romero

    as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
  • Clinton Rosemond

    as Doctor (uncredited)
  • Archie Savage

    as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
  • Edward C. Short

    as Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)
  • Johnny Thomas

    as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
  • Ernestine Wade

    as Churchgoer (uncredited)
  • Arthur Walker

    as Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)
  • Artie Young

    as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Directing Vincente Minnelli Director
Writing Joseph Schrank Screenplay
Writing Lynn Root Novel
Production Arthur Freed Producer
Sound Ford Dabney Songs
Sound Mercer Ellington Music
Sound Harold Arlen Songs
Sound Vernon Duke Songs
Writing E.Y. Harburg Lyricist
Writing Ted Fetter Lyricist
Sound Duke Ellington Music
Writing Cecil Mack Lyricist
Sound George Stoll Original Music Composer
Sound Roger Edens Original Music Composer
Sound George Bassman Original Music Composer
Sound Hall Johnson Original Music Composer
Costume & Make-Up Irene Costume Supervisor
Camera Sidney Wagner Director of Photography
Editing Harold F. Kress Editor
Art Edwin B. Willis Set Decoration
Production Albert Lewis Associate Producer
Art Cedric Gibbons Art Direction
Sound Douglas Shearer Sound Director
Writing Marc Connelly Writer
Writing John La Touche Lyricist

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