Basic Info
Release: June 24, 1959
Runtime: 138 min
Rating: ⭐ 6.1/10 (24 votes)
Status: Released
Videos
Porgy and Bess and Ben-Hur Win Music Awards: 1960 Oscars (YouTube)
Porgy and Bess
1959
138 min
⭐ 6.1/10
24 votes
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.
Genres
Music
Drama
Romance
Production Countries
- United States of America
Spoken Languages
- English en
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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
Clarence Muse
Peter
Everdinne Wilson
Annie
Ivan Dixon
Jim
Crew
Samuel Goldwyn
Producer
Otto Preminger
Director
N. Richard Nash
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