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Cabin in the Sky
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.
Cabin in the Sky
March 24, 1943
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Cast (61)
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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
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Fletcher Rivers
Third Idea Man
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Leon James Poke
Fourth Idea Man
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Bill Bailey
Bill
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Ford Washington Lee
Messenger Boy
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Butterfly McQueen
Lily
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Ruby Dandridge
Mrs. Kelso
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Nick Stewart
Dude
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Ernest Whitman
Jim Henry
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Jules Adger
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
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Doris Ake
Dancer / Jim Henry Paradise Patron (uncredited)
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Juliette Ball
Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
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Lennie Bluett
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
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Bernard Bradley
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
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Daisy Bufford
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
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Jas. Burch
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
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Curry Lee Calmes
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
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Rita Christiani
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence / Jitterbugger (uncredited)
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Vivian Dandridge
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
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June Decuire
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
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Dorothea Durham
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
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Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington (uncredited)
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Byron Ellis
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
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Joel Fluellen
Mr. Kelso / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
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Louise Franklin
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
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William Gillespie
Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)
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Suzette Harbin
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
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Avanelle Harris
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
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Kathleen Hartsfield
Dancer at Jim Henry's Paradise (uncredited)
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Maggie Hathaway
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
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Cleo Herndon
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
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Lawaune Ingram
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
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Bobby Johnson
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
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Glenn Leedy
Boy in Church (uncredited)
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Meade 'Lux' Lewis
Whistling Solo in 'Take a Chance on Love' (uncredited)
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Juanita Moore
Nightclub Patron / Churchgoer (uncredited)
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Tommie Moore
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
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Jieno Moxzer
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
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Florence O'Brien
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
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Neva Peoples
Dancer / Jim Henry Patron (uncredited)
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Amanda Randolph
Churchgoer (uncredited)
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Louise Ritchie
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
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Henry Phace Roberts
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
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Carmencita Romero
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
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Clinton Rosemond
Doctor (uncredited)
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Archie Savage
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
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Edward C. Short
Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)
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Johnny Thomas
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
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Ernestine Wade
Churchgoer (uncredited)
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Arthur Walker
Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)
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Artie Young
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
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Juano Hernández
Neighbor (uncredited)
Crew (25)
Directing
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Vincente Minnelli
Director
Writing
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Joseph Schrank
Screenplay
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E.Y. Harburg
Lyricist
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Lynn Root
Novel
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Marc Connelly
Writer
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Cecil Mack
Lyricist
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Ted Fetter
Lyricist
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John La Touche
Lyricist
Production
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Arthur Freed
Producer
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Albert Lewis
Associate Producer
Sound
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Duke Ellington
Music
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Harold Arlen
Songs
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Hall Johnson
Original Music Composer
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Vernon Duke
Songs
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Douglas Shearer
Sound Director
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Roger Edens
Original Music Composer
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George Stoll
Original Music Composer
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George Bassman
Original Music Composer
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Ford Dabney
Songs
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Mercer Ellington
Music
Art
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Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
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Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Camera
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Sidney Wagner
Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up
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Irene
Costume Supervisor
Crew
No data availableEditing
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Harold F. Kress
Editor