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Carmen Jones

Contemporary version of the Bizet opera, with new lyrics and an African-American cast.

Director

Otto Preminger

Year

Genre

drama, musical, romance

Box Office

N/A

Production

Carlyle Productions

Awards

Nominated for 2 Oscars. 5 wins & 8 nominations total

Joe

Harry Belafonte

Carmen Jones

Dorothy Dandridge

Frankie

Cindy Lou

Husky Miller

Sergeant Brown

Rum Daniels

Dink Franklin

Myrt

Diahann Carroll

Joe

LeVern Hutcherson

Carmen Jones

Husky Miller

Dance Soloist

Trainer

Dink Franklin

Joseph E. Crawford

Dance Soloist

Carmen De Lavallade

Reporter

Bernie Hamilton

Singing Voice

Margaret Lancaster

Dancer

Christine Lawson

Sally

Waiter

Myrt

Bernice Peterson

Max

Dancer

Carmencita Romero

Dance Soloist

Hagar - Carmen's Grandmother

Madame Sul-Te-Wan

Kid Pancho

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Oh Joe I know I ain't smart like you - Carmen Jones

Oh Joe I know I ain't smart like you

Hey hey Going to flying school's nothin' to cry about - Carmen Jones

Hey hey Going to flying school's nothin' to cry...

Joe don't get into trouble on account of me - Carmen Jones

Joe don't get into trouble on account of me

Hey puss You make sounds I don't like - Carmen Jones

Hey puss You make sounds I don't like

Wastin' your time right now Sergeant - Carmen Jones

Wastin' your time right now Sergeant

You go for me and I'm taboo - Carmen Jones

You go for me and I'm taboo

I hear you're gonna be a fly boy.
Congratulations. - Carmen Jones

I hear you're gonna be a fly boy. Congratulations.

I'd like to toss a party for you tonight at Billy Pastor's - Carmen Jones

I'd like to toss a party for you tonight at Billy...

That girl's mighty pretty - Carmen Jones

That girl's mighty pretty

Looks like she's on fire just for you - Carmen Jones

Looks like she's on fire just for you

If you got a gal in another town well you ain't got no gal at all - Carmen Jones

If you got a gal in another town well you ain't got no...

You blabbermouth witch! I told you
if you told the foreman on me, I'd... - Carmen Jones

You blabbermouth witch! I told you if you told the foreman o...

OK, honey, accelerate me
all you want! - Carmen Jones

OK, honey, accelerate me all you want!

Sugar you ain't gonna take me to the cooler are ya - Carmen Jones

Sugar you ain't gonna take me to the cooler are ya

What do you say we drive to a little
place I know on the edge of town? - Carmen Jones

What do you say we drive to a little place I know on the edg...

How can a lady drink alone - Carmen Jones

How can a lady drink alone

No, you don't. - Carmen Jones

Uh-uh. - Carmen Jones

Ain't no use.
You'll only get messed up. - Carmen Jones

Ain't no use. You'll only get messed up.

Careful, honey.
You'll bust your gaskets. - Carmen Jones

Careful, honey. You'll bust your gaskets.

Now get going.
And don't try nothing funny. - Carmen Jones

Now get going. And don't try nothing funny.

Hello, Grandma.
How you feelin', honey? - Carmen Jones

Hello, Grandma. How you feelin', honey?

Let the ol' buzzard flap his wings right over me - Carmen Jones

Let the ol' buzzard flap his wings right over me

Thanks but I don't drink - Carmen Jones

Thanks but I don't drink

Say that little candy faced gal I seen you with at the canteen - Carmen Jones

Say that little candy faced gal I seen you with at the...

What's the matter - Carmen Jones

What's the matter

Carmen! - Carmen Jones

"Sorry, honey." - Carmen Jones

"Sorry, honey."

Prisoners, halt! - Carmen Jones

Prisoners, halt!

Left face! - Carmen Jones

And talk for the jail walls to hear me - Carmen Jones

And talk for the jail walls to hear me

Thanks for the lift, big oil man. - Carmen Jones

Thanks for the lift, big oil man.

Anybody here ask for me? - Carmen Jones

Anybody here ask for me?

Go, Mack! - Carmen Jones

It's something thumpin' in the bass - Carmen Jones

It's something thumpin' in the bass

Tomorrow morning let it rain - Carmen Jones

Tomorrow morning let it rain

Charlie, give me
a double double on the rocks. - Carmen Jones

Charlie, give me a double double on the rocks.

Out in the blackness - Carmen Jones

Out in the blackness

Shut your teeth Excuse my dust gentlemen - Carmen Jones

Shut your teeth Excuse my dust gentlemen

What are you paid forTo manage me or to KO me with the dames - Carmen Jones

What are you paid forTo manage me or to KO me with the dames

What's he mean Go find yourself a new meal ticket - Carmen Jones

What's he mean Go find yourself a new meal ticket

No We're old fashioned Mink and diamonds suits us fine - Carmen Jones

No We're old fashioned Mink and diamonds suits us fine

We'll be livin' off the fatheads of the land - Carmen Jones

We'll be livin' off the fatheads of the land

Well shut my mouth and call me dumb - Carmen Jones

Well shut my mouth and call me dumb

I always did wanna see the big town - Carmen Jones

I always did wanna see the big town

Look baby Let's talk turkey - Carmen Jones

Look baby Let's talk turkey

I was afraid you wouldn't be here. - Carmen Jones

I was afraid you wouldn't be here.

Tell me later when Carmen takes you home with her - Carmen Jones

Tell me later when Carmen takes you home with her

Go to flying school Take off right now - Carmen Jones

Go to flying school Take off right now

That's been with me all the time. - Carmen Jones

That's been with me all the time.

Joe I want to go someplace - Carmen Jones

Joe I want to go someplace

Boy if you ain't a lover red hot for Carmen - Carmen Jones

Boy if you ain't a lover red hot for Carmen

Run along Lt Caspar Milquetoast - Carmen Jones

Run along Lt Caspar Milquetoast

Looks like he's hurt real bad! - Carmen Jones

Looks like he's hurt real bad!

Get a move on, Joe!
Gotta make that train! - Carmen Jones

Get a move on, Joe! Gotta make that train!

Who's that? - Carmen Jones

Blow on 'em, sugar. - Carmen Jones

Blow on 'em, sugar.

You can turn the heat off now. - Carmen Jones

You can turn the heat off now.

What a mosquito bite. - Carmen Jones

What a mosquito bite.

You ain't goin' out? - Carmen Jones

You ain't goin' out?

I'm busted I gave the last of my pay to the landlady - Carmen Jones

I'm busted I gave the last of my pay to the landlady

- You're two bits shy.
- Charge it to Husky. - Carmen Jones

- You're two bits shy. - Charge it to Husky.

Yeah Can you let me have a couple of bills - Carmen Jones

Yeah Can you let me have a couple of bills

Carmen Hey Carmen - Carmen Jones

Carmen Hey Carmen

OK keep your soldier boy - Carmen Jones

OK keep your soldier boy

LoveNobody lives on that street forever not with the same man - Carmen Jones

LoveNobody lives on that street forever not with the same...

What took you so long? - Carmen Jones

What took you so long?

It's a lot of stuff. - Carmen Jones

It's a lot of stuff.

Why don't you tell me - Carmen Jones

Why don't you tell me

That racket, it's enough
to drive rivets into your head. - Carmen Jones

That racket, it's enough to drive rivets into your head...

Maybe you ain't got the message yet - Carmen Jones

Maybe you ain't got the message yet

I could stay here and never go out as long as you're here - Carmen Jones

I could stay here and never go out as long as you're...

Poor Champ. Can't have no
happy juice, no good time, nothin'. - Carmen Jones

Poor Champ. Can't have no happy juice, no good time, no...

De nine - Carmen Jones

So I won't fill my pretty eyes - Carmen Jones

So I won't fill my pretty eyes

You're too late, miss. Husky's
finished trainin' for the day. - Carmen Jones

You're too late, miss. Husky's finished trainin�...

Sorry, we got all the toothbrushes
we need, little lady. - Carmen Jones

Sorry, we got all the toothbrushes we need, little lady.

Put a hand on Carmen again and I'll immobilise you - Carmen Jones

Put a hand on Carmen again and I'll immobilise you

You double crossin' tramp What'd you call her - Carmen Jones

You double crossin' tramp What'd you call her

That's enough, Husky!
That's enough! - Carmen Jones

That's enough, Husky! That's enough!

Go on home. Forget him. - Carmen Jones

Go on home. Forget him.

Ladies and gentlemen, - Carmen Jones

Ladies and gentlemen,

And his opponent from Brazil... - Carmen Jones

And his opponent from Brazil...

Punch him! Punch him!
Punch him on the nose! - Carmen Jones

Punch him! Punch him! Punch him on the nose!

Well, what do you think? - Carmen Jones

Well, what do you think?

Hit him with the right! Hit him! - Carmen Jones

Hit him with the right! Hit him!

...three, four... - Carmen Jones

...three, four...

Couldn't we start all over - Carmen Jones

Couldn't we start all over

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Contemporary version of the Bizet opera, with new lyrics and an African-American cast.

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Director: Otto Preminger

Writer: Oscar Hammerstein II, Harry Kleiner, Prosper Mérimée

Production: Carlyle Productions

Genre: drama, musical, romance

Year: 1954

MetaScore: 65/100

ImdbRating: 6.7

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 28 Oct 1954

Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. 5 wins & 8 nominations total

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