Porgy and Bess (1959)

  • NR
  • 06/24/1959 (US)
  • Music, Drama, Romance
  • 2h 18m

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Overview

In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, loves the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.

Otto Preminger

Director

N. Richard Nash

Screenplay

Cast

Sidney Poitier's headshot

Sidney Poitier

Porgy
Dorothy Dandridge's headshot

Dorothy Dandridge

Bess
Sammy Davis Jr.'s headshot

Sammy Davis Jr.

Sportin' Life
Pearl Bailey's headshot

Pearl Bailey

Maria
Brock Peters's headshot

Brock Peters

Crowne
Diahann Carroll's headshot

Diahann Carroll

Clara
Leslie Scott's headshot

Leslie Scott

Jake
Ruth Attaway's headshot

Ruth Attaway

Serena Robbins

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