Movie
Cabin in the Sky
Released: March 24, 1943 (1943)
Runtime: 98 minutes
Genres: Music, Fantasy
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Rex Ingram as Lucius / Lucifer Jr.
Age at release: 47
- Ethel Waters as Petunia Jackson
Age at release: 46
- Oscar Polk as The Deacon / Fleetfoot
Age at release: 43
- Louis Armstrong as The Trumpeter
Age at release: 41
- John 'Bubbles' Sublett as Domino Johnson
Age at release: 41
- Mantan Moreland as First Idea Man
Age at release: 40
- Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson as Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson
Age at release: 37
- Kenneth Spencer as The General / Rev. Greene
Age at release: 29
- Willie Best as Second Idea Man
Age at release: 29
- Lena Horne as Georgia Brown
Age at release: 25
Show more cast
- Ernest Whitman as Jim Henry
Age at release: 50
- Ruby Dandridge as Mrs. Kelso
Age at release: 43
- Ford Washington Lee as Messenger Boy
Age at release: 39
- Nick Stewart as Dude
Age at release: 33
- Butterfly McQueen as Lily
Age at release: 32
- Bill Bailey as Bill
Age at release: 30
- Daisy Bufford as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Age at release: 29
- Lennie Bluett as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Age at release: 24
- Fletcher Rivers as Third Idea Man
Age at release: Unknown
- Leon James Poke as Fourth Idea Man
Age at release: Unknown
- Jules Adger as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Doris Ake as Dancer / Jim Henry Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Juliette Ball as Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Bernard Bradley as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Jas. Burch as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Curry Lee Calmes as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Rita Christiani as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence / Jitterbugger (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Vivian Dandridge as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- June Decuire as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Dorothea Durham as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown