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Carmen Jones (1954)

"Something Really New! Something Truly Different!"

6.0/10 1h 45m Oct 28, 1954
Drama Romance

At 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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Movie Details

Original Title Carmen Jones
Original Language EN
Budget $800,000
Revenue $9,800,000
Status Released
Popularity 0.5

Cast

Dorothy Dandridge
Dorothy Dandridge
Carmen Jones
Popularity: 0.6
Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte
Joe
Popularity: 2.2
Pearl Bailey
Pearl Bailey
Frankie
Popularity: 0.4
Olga James
Olga James
Cindy Lou
Popularity: 0.7
Joe Adams
Joe Adams
Husky Miller
Popularity: 0.1
Diahann Carroll
Diahann Carroll
Myrt
Popularity: 0.6
Brock Peters
Brock Peters
Sergeant Brown
Popularity: 1.0
Roy Glenn
Roy Glenn
Rum Daniels
Popularity: 0.2
Nick Stewart
Nick Stewart
Dink Franklin
Popularity: 0.3
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Le Vern Hutcherson
Joe (voice)
Popularity: 0.0
Marilyn Horne
Marilyn Horne
Carmen Jones (voice)
Popularity: 1.1
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Marvin Hayes
Husky Miller (voice)
Popularity: 0.0

Key Crew

Director Otto Preminger
Screenplay Harry Kleiner
Producer Otto Preminger
Editor Louis R. Loeffler
Music Georges Bizet

Production

Carlyle Productions
US

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Keywords

opera world war ii seduction musical north carolina based on play or musical love desire stockade 1940s african american

Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 6/10
Nov 21, 2022

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 ... Read more

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Details
Release Date October 28, 1954
Runtime 1h 45m
Budget $800,000
Revenue $9,800,000
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.5
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