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Cabin in the Sky
1943, Mar 24
1h 38m
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.
Directed by
Vincente Minnelli
Written by
Marc Connelly
Juano Hernández
Neighbor (uncredited)
Louis Armstrong
The Trumpeter
Lena Horne
Georgia Brown
Willie Best
Second Idea Man
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson
Joel Fluellen
Mr. Kelso / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington (uncredited)
Juanita Moore
Nightclub Patron / Churchgoer (uncredited)
Ethel Waters
Petunia Jackson
Mantan Moreland
First Idea Man
Rex Ingram
Lucius / Lucifer Jr.
Ernest Whitman
Jim Henry
William Gillespie
Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)
Clinton Rosemond
Doctor (uncredited)
Amanda Randolph
Churchgoer (uncredited)
Butterfly McQueen
Lily
Archie Savage
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
John 'Bubbles' Sublett
Domino Johnson
Nick Stewart
Dude
Oscar Polk
The Deacon / Fleetfoot
Florence O'Brien
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Suzette Harbin
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Vivian Dandridge
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Glenn Leedy
Boy in Church (uncredited)
Kenneth Spencer
The General / Rev. Greene
Fletcher Rivers
Third Idea Man
Leon James Poke
Fourth Idea Man
Bill Bailey
Bill
Ford Washington Lee
Messenger Boy
Ruby Dandridge
Mrs. Kelso
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)
June Decuire
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Dorothea Durham
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Byron Ellis
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Louise Franklin
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)
Meade 'Lux' Lewis
Whistling Solo in 'Take a Chance on Love' (uncredited)
Tommie Moore
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Jieno Moxzer
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Neva Peoples
Dancer / Jim Henry Patron (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)
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)
Ted Fetter
Hall Johnson
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