Cabin in the Sky (1943)

03/24/1943 (US) • 1h 38m

Music, Fantasy

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.

Top Billed 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

Oscar Polk

The Deacon / Fleetfoot

Mantan Moreland

First Idea Man


Recommendations

Cadillac Man

58%

The Duke Is Tops

60%

Victims!

20%

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

81%

Sonic the Hedgehog

73%

2001: A Space Odyssey

81%

GoodFellas

85%

Dead Poets Society

83%

The Substance

71%

Pulp Fiction

85%

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

84%

Taxi Driver

81%

Parasite

85%

Oldboy

83%

La La Land

79%

Shutter Island

82%

Jojo Rabbit

80%

Back to the Future Part II

78%

The Passion of the Christ

75%

Fight Club

84%

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$662,141.00

Revenue

$1,606,624.00

Keywords

angel

prayer

hell

singer

church

gambler

© All Rights Reserved 2025