Carousel

Carousel

1956 | 2h 12m | Drama, Musical | TV-G

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Brief Synopsis

Fifteen years after his death during a robbery, smooth-talking carnival barker Billy Bigelow is allowed to return to Earth for one day to set things right with his wife and troubled teenage daughter.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Henry King

CAST

Gordon MacRae

Shirley Jones

Cameron Mitchell

Barbara Ruick

Claramae Turner

Susan Luckey

John Dehner

PRODUCERS

Henry Ephron

WRITERS

Henry Ephron

Phoebe Ephron

Richard Rodgers

Oscar Hammerstein

Ferenc Molnár

Related Videos

03:58
Carousel (1956) -- (Movie Clip) June Is Bustin' Out All Over
Clip
Just the first several minutes of the full company number, shot on location in Maine, Barbara Ruick as Carrie with the first solo, Bambi Linn the readhead, Claramae Turner as Cousin Nettie, choreography by Rod Alexander, Henry King directing, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel, 1956.
03:45
Carousel (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Trouble Down There
Clip
Safe to say the originally-cast Frank Sinatra would have filled the shirt in a way different from Gordon MacRae, in the opening as Billy Bigelow, with "heavenly friend" William Le Massena, before the credits and overture from Darryl Zanuck's production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel, 1956.
04:03
Carousel (1956) -- (Movie Clip) If I Loved You
Clip
On the evening of their first meeting, having just lost their jobs for excessive flirting, carnival barker Billy (Gordon MacRae) and mill worker Julie (Shirley Jones) in their first duet, from the 20th Century Fox production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel, 1956.
02:46
Carousel (1956) -- (Movie Clip) You'll Never Walk Alone
Clip
Upon the death (accidental, in this movie version) of her betrothed, Julie (Shirley Jones) comforted by Cousin Nettie (Claramae Turner), with the song best known today as the anthem of Liverpool Football Club (as performed by Gerry And The Pacemakers), from Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel, 1956.
03:56
Carousel (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Your Little Pink Bustle
Clip
Carnival barker Billy (Gordon MacRae) begins his flash-back from heaven, to Maine where he works for Mrs. Mullin (Audrey Christie), noticing pretty Julie (Shirley Jones) and Carrie (Barbara Ruick) in the crowd, early in Darryl Zanuck's 1956 20th Century Fox production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel.
02:27
Carousel - (Original Trailer)
Trailer
A dramatic love story unfolds between a rough-talking, macho carousel barker, and a young, innocent mill worker in Carousel (1956).

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