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Cabin in the Sky
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Overview

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7.2/10   851 votes
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Writers:
Lynn Root (play)
Joseph Schrank (writer)
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Release Date:
9 April 1943 (USA) more
Genre:
Musical | Fantasy more
Tagline:
Broadway's big, fun-jammed music show is on the screen at last--crowded with stars and songs and spectacle in the famed MGM manner! more
Plot:
A compulsive gambler dies during a shooting, but he'll receive a second chance to reform himself and to make up with his worried wife. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Oh, Little Joe more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Ethel Waters ... Petunia Jackson
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson ... Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson

Lena Horne ... Georgia Brown

Louis Armstrong ... The Trumpeter
Rex Ingram ... Lucifer Jr. / Lucius Ferry
Kenneth Spencer ... The General / Rev. Greene
John William Sublett ... Domino Johnson (as 'Bubbles' John W. Sublett)
Oscar Polk ... The Deacon / Fleetfoot
Mantan Moreland ... First Idea Man
Willie Best ... Second Idea Man
Fletcher Rivers ... Third Idea Man (as Moke [Fletcher Rivers])
Leon James Poke ... Fourth Idea Man (as Poke Leon James)
Ford Washington Lee ... Messenger Boy (as 'Buck' Ford L. Washington)
Bill Bailey ... Bill
Butterfly McQueen ... Lily
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Additional Details

Runtime:
98 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG

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Trivia:
Oscar Polk's last movie. more
Goofs:
Continuity: After Domino Johnson accidentally shoots Petunia in the nightclub, she drapes her right arm over the staircase twice. more
Quotes:
Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson: [when he discovers he's in trouble with the Devil] Oh, me! I'm about the most miserabelest person that ever died! more
Movie Connections:
References King Kong (1933) more
Soundtrack:
Life Is Full of Consequence more

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7 out of 8 people found the following comment useful:-
Oh, Little Joe, 23 January 2007
8/10
Author: Benny Miller from Tennessee, United States

Brilliant. Simply Brilliant. This movie appealed to me the first time I watched it. The acting is consistently good, the music is enduring, and the story is unforgettable. Little Joe is not a bad man, but he likes to make life interesting for himself. Married to a good-hearted woman and being fit as a fox, Little Joe has a pretty good life, but it takes him awhile to realize just how good he's got it, or had it as the case may be. When a lottery ticket promises to bring Little Joe everything he has ever wanted, Little Joe must decide between the straight and narrow and the prurient desires of dice, jazz, and the seductive sweet Georgia Brown. Heaven and Hell battle over Little's Joe's soul, but Little Joe must decide for himself before time runs out.

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