Porgy and Bess (1959)

"The Goldwyn Touch!...more dramatic than ever before!"

6.3 June 24, 1959 2h 18m Released
MusicDramaRomance

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.

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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

  • Clarence Muse

    Clarence Muse

    Peter

  • Everdinne Wilson

    Everdinne Wilson

    Annie

  • Ivan Dixon

    Ivan Dixon

    Jim

  • Scatman Crothers

    Scatman Crothers

    Crabman

  • Maya Angelou

    Maya Angelou

    Dancer

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