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Cabin in the Sky
At Last on the Screen! The Musical Comedy Sensation!
6.5(51)19431h 38m
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.
- Director
- Vincente Minnelli
- Writers
- Joseph Schrank,Marc Connelly
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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.
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
Fletcher Rivers
Third Idea Man
Leon James Poke
Fourth Idea Man
Bill Bailey
Bill
Ford Washington Lee
Messenger Boy

Butterfly McQueen
Lily

Ruby Dandridge
Mrs. Kelso

Nick Stewart
Dude

Ernest Whitman
Jim Henry
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)
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Crew
Directing
- Vincente MinnelliDirector
Writing
- Joseph SchrankScreenplay
- Lynn RootNovel
- Ted FetterLyricist
- E.Y. HarburgLyricist
- Cecil MackLyricist
- Marc ConnellyWriter
- John La ToucheLyricist
Production
- Arthur FreedProducer
- Albert LewisAssociate Producer
Camera
- Sidney WagnerDirector of Photography
Editing
- Harold F. KressEditor
Sound
- Ford DabneySongs
- Vernon DukeSongs
- Harold ArlenSongs
- Duke EllingtonMusic
- Mercer EllingtonMusic
- George BassmanOriginal Music Composer
- Roger EdensOriginal Music Composer
- George StollOriginal Music Composer
- Hall JohnsonOriginal Music Composer
- Douglas ShearerSound Director
Art
- Edwin B. WillisSet Decoration
- Cedric GibbonsArt Direction
Costume & Make-Up
- IreneCostume Supervisor