Carmen Jones (1954)
"Something Really New! Something Truly Different!"
ThumbScore
👍 76%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 75%
(RT: 75%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Harry Belafonte as Joe
Dorothy Dandridge as Carmen Jones
Pearl Bailey as Frankie
Olga James as Cindy Lou
Joe Adams as Husky Miller
Roy Glenn as Rum Daniels
Nick Stewart as Dink Franklin
Is Carmen Jones good?
Most people think so. 76% audience score, estimated from 103 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 75%.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
