Cabin in the Sky
(1943)

At Last on the Screen! The Musical Comedy Sensation!

Released: 1943-04-09

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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.

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Ethel Waters

as Petunia Jackson

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Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

as Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson

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Lena Horne

as Georgia Brown

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Louis Armstrong

as The Trumpeter

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Rex Ingram

as Lucius / Lucifer Jr.

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Kenneth Spencer

as The General / Rev. Greene

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Oscar Polk

as The Deacon / Fleetfoot

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Mantan Moreland

as First Idea Man

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Willie Best

as Second Idea Man

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Fletcher Rivers

as Third Idea Man

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Leon James Poke

as Fourth Idea Man

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Jules Adger

as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

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Doris Ake

as Dancer / Jim Henry Paradise Patron (uncredited)

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