Carmen Jones

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.

Genre : DramaRomance

Runtime : 105 mins

Release Date : 1954-10-28

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To be frank, I struggled with this... Dorothy Dandridge is superb and both she and Harry Belafonte belt out Oscar Hammerstein II's lyrical adaptations of George Bizet's rousing comic opera tunefully; but not particularly stylishly. That may have been down to the relocation of the story from elegant...

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)

Le Vern Hutcherson

(Joe (voice))

Marilyn Horne

Marilyn Horne

(Carmen Jones (voice))

Marvin Hayes

(Husky Miller (voice))

Bernie Hamilton

Bernie Hamilton

(Reporter)

Madame Sul-Te-Wan

Madame Sul-Te-Wan

(Hagar – Carmen's Grandmother (Uncredited))

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