Porgy and Bess

Porgy and Bess (1959)

Directed by Otto Preminger

2h 18m

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.

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

Crew

Otto Preminger

Otto Preminger

Director

Dorothy Heyward

Dorothy Heyward

Theatre Play

DuBose Heyward

DuBose Heyward

Theatre Play

N. Richard Nash

N. Richard Nash

Screenplay

Samuel Goldwyn

Samuel Goldwyn

Producer

Ken Darby

Ken Darby

Original Music Composer

Leon Shamroy

Leon Shamroy

Director of Photography

Daniel Mandell

Daniel Mandell

Editor

Oliver Smith

Oliver Smith

Production Design

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