Porgy and Bess (1959)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1959-06-24
Runtime: 138 minutes
Director: Otto Preminger
Budget: $7,000,000 USD
Revenue: $3,500,000 USD
Top Cast
- Sidney Poitier as Porgy
- Dorothy Dandridge as Bess
- Sammy Davis Jr. as Sportin' Life
- Pearl Bailey as Maria
- Brock Peters as Crowne
- Diahann Carroll as Clara
- Leslie Scott as Jake
- Ruth Attaway as Serena Robbins
- Claude Akins as Detective
- Clarence Muse as Peter
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