1943
6.5 (40 votes)
1h 38m
Genres
Music
Fantasy
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cabin in the Sky
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Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Screenplay: Joseph Schrank
Producer: Arthur Freed
Director of Photography: Sidney Wagner
Writer: Marc Connelly
Top 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
Videos
Cabin in the Sky - Trailer
