Carmen Jones
“Something Really New! Something Truly Different!”
Otto PremingerWhere to watch in the United States: Stream: YouTube TV · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home. Streaming data from JustWatch via TMDB; availability changes.
Cast
Harry Belafonte 
Dorothy Dandridge 
Pearl Bailey Olga James Joe Adams 
Brock Peters
Credits
Written by: 
Oscar Hammerstein II
Plot
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.
Sinekatalog’s take
Otto Preminger's musical is vivid and bold, with Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte, an Oscar-nominated Dandridge.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.7 / 10 (6,491 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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