Carmen Jones (1954)

Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Brock Peters, Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte, Joe Adams, Nick Stewart, Olga James, Pearl Bailey, Roy Glenn

Synopsis:

The tale of the cigarette-maker Carmen and the Spanish cavalry soldier Don Jose is translated into a modern-day story of a parachute factory worker and a stalwart GI named Joe who is about to go to flying school. Conflict arises when a prize-ring champ captures the heart of Carmen after she has seduced Joe and caused him to go AWOL.