Cabin in the Sky1943
At Last on the Screen! The Musical Comedy Sensation!
Director
Screenplay
Joseph Schrank
Actors
Ethel Waters, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong, Rex Ingram, Kenneth Spencer, Willie Best, Nick Stewart, Daisy Bufford
Music
Versions
Theatrical – 98 Minutes
Genres
About the film
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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