Harry Belafonte, who died yesterday at 96, is probably better known these days as a civil rights activist than singer or actor, but he was a formidable presence on all fronts. While he was merely serviceable in the great screen version of Carmen Jones (where they strangely dubbed his singing voice), he gave an interesting turn in a later film, The Angel Levine, as a divine being sent from heaven to save a troubled Orthodox Jew. My review of that curiosity is below. RIP.

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