

Cabin in the Sky
"At Last on the Screen! The Musical Comedy Sensation!"
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.
Movie Details
Budget
$662K
$662,141
Revenue
$1.6M
$1,606,624
Languages
English
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Key Crew

Vincente Minnelli
Director

Marc Connelly
Writer
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)