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Cabin in the Sky (1943)

6.5 | Mar 24, 1943 (US) | Music, Fantasy | 01:38
Budget: 662 141 | Revenue: 1 606 624

At Last on the Screen! The Musical Comedy Sensation!

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.

Featured Crew

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Original Music Composer
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Sound Director
Screenplay
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Cast

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Ethel Waters
Petunia Jackson
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Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson
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Lena Horne
Georgia Brown
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Louis Armstrong
The Trumpeter
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Rex Ingram
Lucius / Lucifer Jr.
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Kenneth Spencer
The General / Rev. Greene
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John 'Bubbles' Sublett
Domino Johnson
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Oscar Polk
The Deacon / Fleetfoot
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Mantan Moreland
First Idea Man
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Willie Best
Second Idea Man

Teasers

Cabin in the Sky - Trailer