Cabin in the Sky

Synopsis

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.

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When & where

Streaming on

• HBO Max↗
• HBO Max Amazon Channel↗

Top of the call sheet

• 
  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.
• K
  Kenneth Spencer
  as The General / Rev. Greene

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