Carmen Jones (1954)
Something Really New! Something Truly Different!
105 min
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.
- Release date
- October 5, 1954
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $800,000
- Box office
- $9,800,000
Trailer
Cast
- Harry Belafonte as Joe
- Dorothy Dandridge as Carmen Jones
- Pearl Bailey as Frankie
- Olga James as Cindy Lou
- Joe Adams as Husky Miller
- Brock Peters as Sergeant Brown
- Roy Glenn as Rum Daniels
- Nick Stewart as Dink Franklin
- Diahann Carroll as Myrt
- LeVern Hutcherson as Joe
Crew
- Otto Preminger · Director
- Oscar Hammerstein II · Writer
- Harry Kleiner · Writer
- Otto Preminger · Producer
- Georges Bizet · Composer
- Sam Leavitt · Cinematographer
- Louis R. Loeffler · Editor