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Cabin in the Sky

Cabin in the Sky

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 9, 1943

Runtime

1h 38m

Genres

Music, Fantasy

User Score

63%

Original Title

Cabin in the Sky

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Director

Vincente Minnelli

Budget

$662,141

Revenue

$1,606,624

Description

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.