Cabin in the Sky

Plot Summary

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 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.