Cabin in the Sky (1943)
At Last on the Screen! The Musical Comedy Sensation!
1943 · NR · 1h 38m · Music, Fantasy, Comedy
Genres: Music, Fantasy, Comedy
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.
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Writers: Joseph Schrank, Lynn Root, Marc Connelly
Music by: Duke Ellington, Mercer Ellington
Cinematography: Sidney Wagner
Editor: Harold F. Kress
Box office: $2M
Cast
Ethel Waters as Petunia JacksonEddie 'Rochester' Anderson as Joseph 'Little Joe' JacksonLena Horne as Georgia BrownLouis Armstrong as The TrumpeterRex Ingram as Lucius / Lucifer Jr.Kenneth Spencer as The General / Rev. GreeneJohn 'Bubbles' Sublett as Domino JohnsonOscar Polk as The Deacon / FleetfootMantan Moreland as First Idea ManWillie Best as Second Idea ManFletcher Rivers as Third Idea ManLeon James Poke as Fourth Idea ManMore like this
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