Directed by:
Otto PremingerScreenplay:
Harry KleinerCinematography:
Sam LeavittCast:
Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge, Pearl Bailey, Diahann Carroll, Brock Peters, Roy Glenn, DeForest Covan, Nick Stewart, Bernie Hamilton (more)Plots(1)
Dorothy Dandridge stars in the title role, a passionate, sexy creature who lures Joe (Harry Belafonte), a handsome soldier, away from his sweetheart (Olga James). Following a fatal brawl with his sergeant, Joe deserts his regiment with the sultry femme fatale. But Carmen soon tires of him and takes up with a heavyweight prize-fighter (Joe Adams). Triggering Joe's tragic revenge. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Harry Belafonte](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269319_e5feff.jpg)
Harry Belafonte
USA
Best movies:
BlacKkKlansman (2018)
Bobby (2006)
The Player (1992)
![Dorothy Dandridge](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269397_520220.jpg)
Dorothy Dandridge
USA
Best movies:
A Day at the Races (1937)
Porgy and Bess (1959)
Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
![Pearl Bailey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/765/157765217_9693a6.jpg)
Pearl Bailey
USA
Best movies:
The Fox and the Hound (1981)
Porgy and Bess (1959)
Carmen Jones (1954)
![Diahann Carroll](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/113/163113556_d497fb.jpg)
Diahann Carroll
USA
Best movies:
Goodbye Again (1961)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
The Split (1968)
![Brock Peters](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274178_05ad6b.jpg)
Brock Peters
USA
Best movies:
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Roy Glenn
USA
Best movies:
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Finian's Rainbow (1968)
![DeForest Covan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/844/161844541_fcb1c8.jpg)
DeForest Covan
USA
Best movies:
Rocky (1976)
A Day at the Races (1937)
The Day of the Locust (1975)
Nick Stewart
USA
Best movies:
Zombies on Broadway (1945)
Follow the Boys (1944)
Night and Day (1946)
Bernie Hamilton
USA
Best movies:
Underworld U.S.A. (1961)
The Swimmer (1968)
The Lost Man (1969)
Carmen De Lavallade
USA
Best movies:
The Hours (2002)
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
The Egyptian (1954)
Archie Savage
USA
Best movies:
La dolce vita (1960)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Tales of Manhattan (1942)