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  1. Carmen Jones is a 1954 American musical film featuring an African American cast starring Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge, and Pearl Bailey and produced and directed by Otto Preminger.

  2. Carmen Jones: Directed by Otto Preminger. With Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge, Pearl Bailey, Olga James. Contemporary version of the Bizet opera, with new lyrics and an African-American cast.

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    • Drama, Musical, Romance
    • Otto Preminger
    • 1954-10-28
  3. Carmen Jones (1954) was a rarity for Hollywood: a mainstream film with an all-African American cast. It had been done only a few times before, notably Hallelujah (1929), Cabin in the Sky (1943) and Stormy Weather (1943).

    • Otto Preminger, David Silver, Donald Torpin
    • Harry Belafonte
  4. From 1954 starring Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte, this all-black cast, history-making film is based on a 1940s play and includes the original music for the opera Carmen from the 1800s.

    • 123 min
    • 11.2K
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  5. Carmen Jones is an adaptation of Bizet's legendary opera Carmen. It tells the story of young, free spirited Carmen Jones, whose great beauty is the object of many men's desires. However, Carmen sets her sights on young army officer Joe, who is engaged to his sweetheart, Cindy Lou.

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  8. 75% Tomatometer 24 Reviews. 78% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings. Screen version of the musical "Carmen Jones," which adapted Bizet's opera Carmen for an African-American cast. A soldier falls for...

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    • Musical
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