Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Robert Goulet
Billy Bigelow
Lead
Mary Grover
Julie Jordan
Pernell Roberts
Jigger Craigin
Marlyn Mason
Carrie Pipperidge
Charles Ruggles
The Starkeeper / Dr. Selden
MF
Michael F. Blake
(as Michael Blake)
JD
Jack DeLon
Mr. Snow
Linda Moulton Howe
Louise
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Paul Bogart's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Carousel is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
