Carousel
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Billy Bigelow has been dead for 15 years.Now outside the pearly gates, he long ago waived his right to go back to Earth for a day.He has heard that there is a problem with his family: namely with his wife Julie Bigelow, née Jordan, and his child he hasn't met.
- Director
- Henry King
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Tension
- Worldwide
- $4M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
12 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Carousel actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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What It's About
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Billy Bigelow has been dead for 15 years. Now outside the pearly gates, he long ago waived his right to go back to Earth for a day. He has heard that there is a problem with his family: namely with his wife Julie Bigelow, née Jordan, and his child he hasn't met. He would now like to head back to Earth to assist in rectifying the problem; but before he may go, he has to get permission from the gatekeeper by telling him his story. Adapted from the Rodgers and Hammerstein hit Broadway musical.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Carousel returned 1.1× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $3M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $4M
- Release date
- Feb 16, 1956
- Runtime
- 2h 8m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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