Porgy and Bess (1959)
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Title: Porgy and Bess
Original Title: Porgy and Bess
Release Date: 1959-06-24
Status: Released
Rating: 6.1/10 (from 24 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Music, Drama, Romance
Production Companies: Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Columbia Pictures
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.
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
