Cabin in the Sky

April. 09,1943      
Rating:
7.1
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

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

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