Carmen Jones is a 1954 American musical film produced and directed by Otto Preminger, featuring an all-black cast starring Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge and Pearl Bailey.
Plot[]
The tale of the cigarette-maker Carmen (Dorothy Dandridge) and the Spanish cavalry soldier Don Jose is translated into a modern-day story of a parachute factory worker and a stalwart GI named Joe (Harry Belafonte) who is about to go to flying school. Conflict arises when a prize-ring champ captures the heart of Carmen after she has seduced Joe and caused him to go AWOL. Carmen remains a flamboyant flirt and ends up being strangled by the soldier.
Cast[]
- Dorothy Dandridge as Carmen Jones
- Harry Belafonte as Joe
- Pearl Bailey as Frankie
- Olga James as Cindy Lou
- Joe Adams as Husky Miller
- Brock Peters as Sergeant Brown
- Roy Glenn as Rum Daniels, Husky's manager
- Nick Stewart as Dink Franklin
- Diahann Carroll as Myrt