Carmen Jones
“Something Really New! Something Truly Different!”
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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Cast
14 people
Harry Belafonte
Joe
Known for
Bobby
The World, the Flesh and the Devil
Dorothy Dandridge
Carmen Jones
Also in
Porgy and Bess
Tamango
Pearl Bailey
Frankie
Known for
The Fox and the Hound
The Landlord
Olga James
Cindy Lou
Also in
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Joe Adams
Husky Miller
Also in
The Manchurian Candidate
Ballad in Blue
Brock Peters
Sergeant Brown
Known for
To Kill a Mockingbird
Soylent Green
Roy Glenn
Rum Daniels
Known for
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Nick Stewart
Dink Franklin
Known for
Song of the South
Cabin in the Sky
Diahann Carroll
Myrt
Known for
White Collar
Dynasty
Le Vern Hutcherson
Joe (voice)
No other roles listed
Marilyn Horne
Carmen Jones (voice)
Also in
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Marvin Hayes
Husky Miller (voice)
Otto Preminger Director · Harry Kleiner Screenplay Oscar Hammerstein II Author
Worldwide gross $9.8M · Budget $800K · United States release October 28, 1954
Box office
Budget
$800,000
Worldwide gross
$9,800,000
Gross vs. budget
12.3×
Production
Carlyle Productions
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 5, 1954
Premiere
United States · October 28, 1954
Theatrical
Ireland
April 29, 1955 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
February 1, 1955 · Theatrical · London
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