Cabin in the Sky
1943 American musical film with an all-Black cast, directed by Vincente Minnelli
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6.5When 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.
Released: 1943-03-2498 minDir: Vincente MinnelliMusic, FantasyBudget: $662,141Box office: $1.6M
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Cast
- Ethel Waters as Petunia Jackson
- Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson as Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson
- Lena Horne as Georgia Brown
- Louis Armstrong as The Trumpeter
- Rex Ingram as Lucius / Lucifer Jr.
- Kenneth Spencer as The General / Rev. Greene