Cabin in the Sky

Name: Cabin in the Sky
Genre: Music, Fantasy
Released: 1943-03-24
Duration: 5880 min
Rating: 6.5

6.5 1943 1h 38m United States of America

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.

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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.

Details

Directors

Vincente Minnelli

Writers

Joseph Schrank, Lynn Root, E.Y. Harburg, Ted Fetter, Cecil Mack, Marc Connelly, John La Touche

Cast

Ethel Waters, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong, Rex Ingram, Kenneth Spencer, John 'Bubbles' Sublett, Oscar Polk, Mantan Moreland, Willie Best, Fletcher Rivers, Leon James Poke, Bill Bailey, Ford Washington Lee, Butterfly McQueen

Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Languages

English

Countries

United States of America