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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- Status
- Released
- Production
- Carlyle Productions
Keywords
- opera
- world war ii
- seduction
- musical
- north carolina
- based on play or musical
- love
- desire
- stockade
- 1940s
- african american
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Top 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
Top Crew
Otto Preminger · Director
Harry Kleiner · Screenplay
Oscar Hammerstein II · Book
Sam Leavitt · Cinematographer
Louis R. Loeffler · Editor
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