Porgy
Sidney Poitier
Porgy
Porgy and Bess
“The Goldwyn Touch!...more dramatic than ever before!”
6.1
1959
2h 18m
MusicDramaRomance
Director: Otto Preminger
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
Porgy and Bess (1959) Trailer
Cast
Bess
Dorothy Dandridge
Bess
Sportin' Life
Sammy Davis Jr.
Sportin' Life
Maria
Pearl Bailey
Maria
Crowne
Brock Peters
Crowne
Clara
Diahann Carroll
Clara
Jake
Leslie Scott
Jake
Serena Robbins
Ruth Attaway
Serena Robbins
Detective
Claude Akins
Detective
Peter
Clarence Muse
Peter
Annie
Everdinne Wilson
Annie
Jim
Ivan Dixon
Jim
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Featurettes (1)
Porgy and Bess and Ben-Hur Win Music Awards: 1960 Oscars
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