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Cabin in the Sky (1943)

At Last on the Screen! The Musical Comedy Sensation!

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.

Release: 1943-03-24
Runtime: 98 min
Rating: 6.468 / 10
Cast
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Petunia Jackson
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson
Lena Horne
Lena Horne
Georgia Brown
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
The Trumpeter
Rex Ingram
Rex Ingram
Lucius / Lucifer Jr.
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Kenneth Spencer
The General / Rev. Greene
John 'Bubbles' Sublett
John 'Bubbles' Sublett
Domino Johnson
Oscar Polk
Oscar Polk
The Deacon / Fleetfoot
Mantan Moreland
Mantan Moreland
First Idea Man
Willie Best
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
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Ford Washington Lee
Messenger Boy
Butterfly McQueen
Butterfly McQueen
Lily
Ruby Dandridge
Ruby Dandridge
Mrs. Kelso
Nick Stewart
Nick Stewart
Dude
Ernest Whitman
Ernest Whitman
Jim Henry