Cabin in the Sky (1943)

Cabin in the Sky
6
  •   3

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.

Discover

Cast

Ruby Dandridge
as Mrs. Kelso
Florence O'Brien
as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Vivian Dandridge
as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Rex Ingram
as Lucius / Lucifer Jr.
Mantan Moreland
as First Idea Man
Willie Best
as Second Idea Man
Lena Horne
as Georgia Brown
Duke Ellington
as Duke Ellington (uncredited)
Amanda Randolph
as Churchgoer (uncredited)
Louis Armstrong
as The Trumpeter
Juanita Moore
as Nightclub Patron / Churchgoer (uncredited)
Juano Hernández
as Neighbor (uncredited)
Joel Fluellen
as Mr. Kelso / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Archie Savage
as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
John 'Bubbles' Sublett
as Domino Johnson
Oscar Polk
as The Deacon / Fleetfoot
Glenn Leedy
as Boy in Church (uncredited)
Ethel Waters
as Petunia Jackson
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
as Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson
Suzette Harbin
as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
William Gillespie
as Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)
Clinton Rosemond
as Doctor (uncredited)
Ernest Whitman
as Jim Henry

You must be logged in to comment.

Login

You must be logged in to leave a review.

Login