Cabin in the Sky
1943 • Music | Fantasy
Vincente Minnelli
Director
Marc Connelly
Writer
Status
Released
Release date
March 24, 1943
Duration
98 Min
Language
en
Popularity
6.826
Budget
$662,141
Revenue
$1,606,624
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
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Lena Horne
Louis Armstrong
Rex Ingram
John 'Bubbles' Sublett
Oscar Polk
Mantan Moreland
Willie Best
Butterfly McQueen
Nick Stewart
Ernest Whitman
Vivian Dandridge
Duke Ellington
Joel Fluellen
William Gillespie
Suzette Harbin
Glenn Leedy
Juanita Moore
Florence O'Brien
Clinton Rosemond
Archie Savage
