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Rating: 6.3/10 by 37 users

Cabin in the Sky (1943)

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.

Directing:
  • Vincente Minnelli
Writing:
  • Joseph Schrank
  • Lynn Root
  • E.Y. Harburg
  • Ted Fetter
  • Cecil Mack
  • Marc Connelly
  • John La Touche
Stars:
Release Date: Wed, Mar 24, 1943

Rating: 6.3/10 by 37 users

Alternative Title:
Una cabaña en el cielo - ES

Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 38 minutes
Budget: $662,141
Revenue: $1,606,624

Plot Keyword: angel, prayer, hell, singer, church, gambler
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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
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
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)

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