Porgy and Bess

Porgy and Bess

HD 1959 2h 18m Music, Drama, Romance
6.3
/10 (25 votes)

"The Goldwyn Touch!...more dramatic than ever before!"

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.

Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 24, 1959

Budget

$7,000,000

Revenue

$3,500,000

Cast

Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier

Porgy

Dorothy Dandridge

Dorothy Dandridge

Bess

Sammy Davis Jr.

Sammy Davis Jr.

Sportin' Life

Pearl Bailey

Pearl Bailey

Maria

Brock Peters

Brock Peters

Crowne

Diahann Carroll

Diahann Carroll

Clara

Leslie Scott

Leslie Scott

Jake

Ruth Attaway

Ruth Attaway

Serena Robbins

Claude Akins

Claude Akins

Detective

Clarence Muse

Clarence Muse

Peter

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