Carmen Jones (film)

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
Category:1954 films
Category:American films
Category:English-language films
Category:1950s films
Category:Films
Category:American musical films
Category:Musical films
Category:20th Century Fox films
Category:Films based on plays
Category:Films directed by Otto Preminger
Category:Films distributed by 20th Century Fox