Cabin in the Sky (1943) Cast & Crew
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Directed by Vincente Minnelli.
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
- John 'Bubbles' Sublett as Domino Johnson
- Oscar Polk as The Deacon / Fleetfoot
- Mantan Moreland as First Idea Man
- Willie Best as Second Idea Man
- Fletcher Rivers as Third Idea Man
- Leon James Poke as Fourth Idea Man
- Bill Bailey as Bill
- Ford Washington Lee as Messenger Boy
- Butterfly McQueen as Lily
- Ruby Dandridge as Mrs. Kelso
- Nick Stewart as Dude
- Ernest Whitman as Jim Henry
- Jules Adger as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
- Doris Ake as Dancer / Jim Henry Paradise Patron (uncredited)
- Juliette Ball as Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
- Lennie Bluett as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
- Bernard Bradley as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
- Daisy Bufford as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
- Jas. Burch as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
- Curry Lee Calmes as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
- Rita Christiani as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence / Jitterbugger (uncredited)
- Vivian Dandridge as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
- June Decuire as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
- Dorothea Durham as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
- Duke Ellington as Duke Ellington (uncredited)
- Byron Ellis as Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
- Joel Fluellen as Mr. Kelso / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
- Louise Franklin as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
- William Gillespie as Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)
- Suzette Harbin as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
- Avanelle Harris as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
- Kathleen Hartsfield as Dancer at Jim Henry's Paradise (uncredited)
- Maggie Hathaway as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
- Cleo Herndon as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Crew
- Joseph Schrank — Screenplay
- Lynn Root — Novel
- Vincente Minnelli — Director
- Arthur Freed — Producer
- George Bassman — Original Music Composer
- Roger Edens — Original Music Composer
- George Stoll — Original Music Composer
- Hall Johnson — Original Music Composer
- Sidney Wagner — Director of Photography
- Marc Connelly — Writer
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