Characters & Themes
Cabin in the Sky (1943) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1943 · 98 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Vincente Minnelli
- Starring
- Louis Armstrong, Glenn Leedy, Duke Ellington, Juanita Moore, Nick Stewart, Lena Horne
After a drunken brawl kills compulsive gambler Little Joe Jackson, he awakens in purgatory, where an angel informs him he’ll be sent back to Earth for six months to earn his place in heaven. With no memory, Joe struggles to do right by his devout wife Petunia while the General and Lucifer Jr., the devil’s son, engage in a celestial showdown for his soul.
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