
Carmen Jones
1954 · Movie · NR · 105 min · ★ 6.2 · 71% critics
At an all-Black army camp, a bold civilian parachute worker turns heads and sets her sights on a straight-laced soldier who’s already committed to someone else. As attraction and ambition collide, the situation pulls him away from his plans and into a turbulent triangle shaped by desire, loyalty, and hard choices.
Based on Carmen, Carmen Jones
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Details
- Years
- 1954
- Release date
- 1954-10-28
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Critic score
- 71/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 (95 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a classic opera-to-screen musical with big emotions and famous melodies, in the vein of Show Boat; Not for you if you need a tight plot, lots of dancing, or dislike dubbed singing.
Pros: iconic Bizet tunes; standout lead presence; socially notable milestone | Cons: disjointed story; uneven energy; distracting voice dubbing
Themes
- opera
- world war ii
- seduction
- musical
- north carolina
- based on play or musical
- love
- desire
- stockade
- 1940s
- african american
Awards & recognition
- Golden Globe Award — Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy · 1954
- Golden Globe Award — New Star of the Year – Actor · 1954
- BAFTA Award — Best Film · 1956 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 1955 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Musical Score · 1955 · nominated
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- Golden Globe Award — New Star of the Year – Actor · 1954 · nominated
- Golden Globe Award — Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy · 1954 · nominated
Cast & crew

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
- LH
Le Vern Hutcherson
as Joe (voice)
Directed by Otto Preminger