Porgy and Bess

Porgy and Bess (1959)

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Music Drama Romance

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.

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  • Release Date: 1959-06-24
  • Runtime: 2h 18min
  • Director: Otto Preminger

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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

  • Everdinne Wilson

    Annie

  • Ivan Dixon

    Jim

  • Scatman Crothers

    Crabman

  • Maya Angelou

    Dancer

  • Nichelle Nichols

    Dancer

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