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Carmen Jones

Carmen Jones

Something Really New! Something Truly Different!

19546.11h 45m

Overview

In this musical set in an all-Black army camp, civilian parachute maker and "hot bundle" Carmen Jones is desired by many of the men. Naturally, she wants Joe, who's engaged to sweet Cindy Lou and about to go into pilot training for the Korean War.

Directed by Otto Preminger
Written by Harry Kleiner, Oscar Hammerstein II
Produced by Otto Preminger
Box OfficeBudget: $800KRevenue: $9.8M

Top Cast

Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte

Joe

Dorothy Dandridge

Dorothy Dandridge

Carmen Jones

Pearl Bailey

Pearl Bailey

Frankie

Olga James

Olga James

Cindy Lou

Joe Adams

Joe Adams

Husky Miller

Brock Peters

Brock Peters

Sergeant Brown

Roy Glenn

Roy Glenn

Rum Daniels

Nick Stewart

Nick Stewart

Dink Franklin

Diahann Carroll

Diahann Carroll

Myrt

L

Le Vern Hutcherson

Joe (voice)

Themes & Keywords

operaworld war iiseductionmusicalnorth carolinabased on play or musicallovedesirestockade1940safrican american

About Carmen Jones

Carmen Jones is a drama, romance film released in 1954 exploring themes of opera, world war ii, seduction, musical, north carolina, based on play or musical. Directed by Otto Preminger, it stars Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge, Pearl Bailey. In this musical set in an all-Black army camp, civilian parachute maker and "hot bundle" Carmen Jones is desired by many of the men. Naturally, she wants Joe, who's engaged to sweet Cindy Lou and about to go into pilot training for the Korean War.

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