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.
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.
Featured Crew
Joseph Schrank
Screenplay
Lynn Root
Novel
Vincente Minnelli
Director
Arthur Freed
Producer
Ford Dabney
Songs
Vernon Duke
Songs
Ted Fetter
Lyricist
E.Y. Harburg
Lyricist
Harold Arlen
Songs
Duke Ellington
Music
Cecil Mack
Lyricist
Mercer Ellington
Music
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