Porgy and Bess

Porgy and Bess

24/6/1959 2h 18m 6.1/10

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.

Director

Otto Preminger

Top Billed Cast

Brock Peters

Brock Peters

Crowne

Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier

Porgy

Diahann Carroll

Diahann Carroll

Clara

Sammy Davis Jr.

Sammy Davis Jr.

Sportin' Life

Pearl Bailey

Pearl Bailey

Maria

Dorothy Dandridge

Dorothy Dandridge

Bess

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