Porgy and Bess
Music | Drama
6.1
Release Date
June 24, 1959
Duration
138 min
Status
Released
Language
en
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.
Casts
Porgy
Sidney Poitier
Bess
Dorothy Dandridge
Sportin' Life
Sammy Davis Jr.
Maria
Pearl Bailey
Crowne
Brock Peters
Clara
Diahann Carroll
Jake
Leslie Scott
Serena Robbins
Ruth Attaway
Detective
Claude Akins
Peter
Clarence Muse
Annie
Everdinne Wilson
Jim
Ivan Dixon
Crabman
Scatman Crothers
Dancer
Maya Angelou
Dancer
Nichelle Nichols
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