Porgy and Bess
1959·2h 18m
6.1/ 10 (24 votes)
“The Goldwyn Touch!...more dramatic than ever before!”
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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.
Trailer
Director
Otto Preminger
Writers
N. Richard Nash
Cast
Sidney Poitier
Porgy
Dorothy Dandridge
Bess
Sammy Davis Jr.
Sportin' Life
Pearl Bailey
Maria
Brock Peters
Crowne
Diahann Carroll
Clara
Leslie Scott
Jake
Ruth Attaway
Serena Robbins
Claude Akins
Detective
Clarence Muse
Peter
Details
Language
en
Status
Released
Budget
$7M
Box Office
$4M
