Carousel (1956)

Directed by

Henry King

Genre

fantasy film, musical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 51m

Rated

G

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 84 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A carnival barker dies and is given a chance to return to Earth for one day to help his wife and daughter. The story follows his past romance with a millworker and his struggle to be a better man.

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What happens

Carousel is a 1956 American dramatic fantasy musical film based on the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein stage musical of the same name, which was based on Ferenc Molnár's 1909 non-musical play Liliom. The film stars Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones and was directed by Henry King. As with the original stage production, the film contains some of Rodgers and Hammerstein's most famous songs and perhaps the most serious storyline of all of their musicals. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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