Cabin in the Sky

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.

Directed by Vincente Minnelli

Top cast

Ethel Waters

Petunia Jackson

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson

Lena Horne

Georgia Brown

Louis Armstrong

The Trumpeter

Rex Ingram

Lucius / Lucifer Jr.

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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

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Fletcher Rivers

Third Idea Man

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Leon James Poke

Fourth Idea Man

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Bill Bailey

Bill

F

Ford Washington Lee

Messenger Boy

Butterfly McQueen

Lily

Ruby Dandridge

Mrs. Kelso

Nick Stewart

Dude

Ernest Whitman

Jim Henry

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Jules Adger

Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

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Doris Ake

Dancer / Jim Henry Paradise Patron (uncredited)

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