Cabin in the Sky

About 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.

Cabin in the Sky (1943) is a comedy fantasy film directed by Vincente Minnelli. The film is filed under singer, church, angel, and hell.

Ethel Waters appears as Petunia Jackson, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson as Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson, Lena Horne as Georgia Brown, and Louis Armstrong as The Trumpeter. Released in March 1943, it runs 98 minutes.

The screenplay is by Joseph Schrank and Marc Connelly.

Dogma, Breaking the Waves, and Courageous make useful companions to Cabin in the Sky, all filed under prayer. TMDB voters put it at 6.5 out of 10 across 51 votes and it carries a NR rating.