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Cabin in the Sky

1943

1h 38m

6.51

Music, Fantasy

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

Petunia Jackson

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson

Lena Horne

Georgia Brown

Louis Armstrong

The Trumpeter

Rex Ingram

Lucius / Lucifer Jr.

John 'Bubbles' Sublett

Domino Johnson

Oscar Polk

The Deacon / Fleetfoot

Mantan Moreland

First Idea Man

Willie Best

Second Idea Man

Butterfly McQueen

Lily

Nick Stewart

Dude

Ernest Whitman

Jim Henry

Vivian Dandridge

Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington (uncredited)

Joel Fluellen

Mr. Kelso / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

William Gillespie

Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)

Suzette Harbin

Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Glenn Leedy

Boy in Church (uncredited)

Juanita Moore

Nightclub Patron / Churchgoer (uncredited)

Florence O'Brien

Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Amanda Randolph

Churchgoer (uncredited)

Clinton Rosemond

Doctor (uncredited)

Archie Savage

Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Juano Hernández

Neighbor (uncredited)

Kenneth Spencer

The General / Rev. Greene

Fletcher Rivers

Third Idea Man

Leon James Poke

Fourth Idea Man

Bill Bailey

Bill

Ford Washington Lee

Messenger Boy

Ruby Dandridge

Mrs. Kelso

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)

June Decuire

Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Dorothea Durham

Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Byron Ellis

Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Louise Franklin

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)

Meade 'Lux' Lewis

Whistling Solo in 'Take a Chance on Love' (uncredited)

Tommie Moore

Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Jieno Moxzer

Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Neva Peoples

Dancer / Jim Henry Patron (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)

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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