Cabin in the Sky [59964] Released: 1943-03-24 Revenue: $1,606,624 Budget: $662,141 Profit: $944,483 Runtime: 98 mins Popularity: 1.4769 Vote Average: 6.5 Vote Count: 41 Overview: 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. Cast [61] Ethel WatersPetunia Jackson Eddie 'Rochester' AndersonJoseph 'Little Joe' Lena HorneGeorgia Brown Louis ArmstrongThe Trumpeter Rex IngramLucius / Lucifer Jr. Kenneth SpencerThe General / Rev. G John 'Bubbles' SublettDomino Johnson Oscar PolkThe Deacon / Fleetfo Mantan MorelandFirst Idea Man Willie BestSecond Idea Man Fletcher RiversThird Idea Man Leon James PokeFourth Idea Man Bill BaileyBill Ford Washington LeeMessenger Boy Butterfly McQueenLily Ruby DandridgeMrs. Kelso Nick StewartDude Ernest WhitmanJim Henry Jules AdgerSpecialty Dancer in Doris AkeDancer / Jim Henry P Juliette BallJim Henry's Paradise Lennie BluettDancer / Jim Henry's Bernard BradleySpecialty Dancer in Daisy BuffordDancer / Jim Henry's Jas. BurchSpecialty Dancer in Curry Lee CalmesSpecialty Dancer in Rita ChristianiSpecialty Dancer in Vivian DandridgeDancer / Jim Henry's June DecuireSpecialty Dancer in Dorothea DurhamDancer / Jim Henry's Duke EllingtonDuke Ellington Byron EllisSpecialty Dancer in Joel FluellenMr. Kelso / Jim Henr Louise FranklinDancer / Jim Henry's William GillespieSoloist in 'Little B Suzette HarbinDancer / Jim Henry's Avanelle HarrisDancer / Jim Henry's Kathleen HartsfieldDancer at Jim Henry' Maggie HathawayDancer / Jim Henry's Cleo HerndonDancer / Jim Henry's Lawaune IngramSpecialty Dancer in Bobby JohnsonSpecialty Dancer in Glenn LeedyBoy in Church Meade 'Lux' LewisWhistling Solo in 'T Juanita MooreNightclub Patron / C Tommie MooreDancer / Jim Henry's Jieno MoxzerSpecialty Dancer in Florence O'BrienDancer / Jim Henry's Neva PeoplesDancer / Jim Henry P Amanda RandolphChurchgoer Louise RitchieSpecialty Dancer in Henry Phace RobertsDancer / Jim Henry's Carmencita RomeroDancer / Jim Henry's Clinton RosemondDoctor Archie SavageDancer / Jim Henry's Edward C. ShortSoloist in 'Little B Johnny ThomasDancer / Jim Henry's Ernestine WadeChurchgoer Arthur WalkerSoloist in 'Little B Artie YoungSpecialty Dancer in Juano HernándezNeighbor Trailers Cabin in the Sky - Trailer John Landis on Cabin In The Sky