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
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
Crew
Otto Preminger
Director
Dorothy Heyward
Theatre Play
DuBose Heyward
Theatre Play
N. Richard Nash
Screenplay
Samuel Goldwyn
Producer
Ken Darby
Original Music Composer
Leon Shamroy
Director of Photography
Daniel Mandell
Editor
Oliver Smith
Production Design
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