| Dorothy Dandridge | Carmen Jones |
| Harry Belafonte | Joe |
| Pearl Bailey | Frankie |
| Olga James | Cindy Lou |
| Diahann Carroll | Myrt |
| Roy Glenn | Rum Daniels |
| Nick Stewart | Dink Franklin |
| Joe Adams | Husky Miller |
| Brock Peters | Sergeant Brown |
| Sandy Lewis | T-Bone |
| Mauri Lynn | Sally (uncredited) |
| DeForest Covan | Trainer (uncredited) |
Screen version of the musical ``Carmen Jones,'' which adapted Bizet's opera Carmen for an African-American cast. A soldier falls for Dandridge, a seductive factory worker. The lovers flee after the soldier kills his sergeant, but Carmen's taunting faithlessness drives her lover to a crime of passion.
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