Carousel (1967)
Overview
In a Maine coastal village toward the end of the 19th century, the swaggering, carefree carnival barker, Billy Bigelow, captivates and marries the naive millworker, Julie Jordan. Billy loses his job just as he learns that Julie is pregnant and, desperately intent upon providing a decent life for his family, he is coerced into being an accomplice to a robbery. Caught in the act and facing the certainty of prison, he takes his own life and is sent 'up there.' Billy is allowed to return to earth for one day fifteen years later, and he encounters the daughter he never knew. She is a lonely, friendless teenager, her father's reputation as a thief and bully having haunted her throughout her young life. How Billy instills in both the child and her mother a sense of hope and dignity is a dramatic testimony to the power of love.
What is Carousel about?
In a Maine coastal village toward the end of the 19th century, the swaggering, carefree carnival barker, Billy Bigelow, captivates and marries the naive millworker, Julie Jordan. Billy loses his job just as he learns that Julie is pregnant and, desperately intent upon providing a decent life for his family, he is coerced into being an accomplice to a robbery. Caught in the act and facing the certainty of prison, he takes his own life and is sent 'up there.' Billy is allowed to return to earth for one day fifteen years later, and he encounters the daughter he never knew. She is a lonely, friendless teenager, her father's reputation as a thief and bully having haunted her throughout her young life. How Billy instills in both the child and her mother a sense of hope and dignity is a dramatic testimony to the power of love. Carousel is a Drama, Music, Romance, TV Movie movie, released on 1967-05-07, runtime 100 minutes.
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Directed by
Paul Bogart
Cast
- Robert Goulet as Billy Bigelow
- Mary Grover as Julie Jordan
- Pernell Roberts as Jigger Craigin
- Marlyn Mason as Carrie Pipperidge
- Charles Ruggles as The Starkeeper / Dr. Selden
- Michael F. Blake as (as Michael Blake)
- Jack DeLon as Mr. Snow
- Linda Moulton Howe as Louise
- Patricia Neway as Cousin Nettie (Nettie Fowler)
- Marge Redmond as Mrs. Mullin
- Jim Taylor as Dancer
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