Porgy and Bess
(1959)
June 24, 1959• 2h 18m
61%
TMDB ScoreOverview
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.
Otto Preminger
Director
Top Billed Cast
SP
Sidney Poitier
Porgy
DD
Dorothy Dandridge
Bess
SDJ
Sammy Davis Jr.
Sportin' Life
PB
Pearl Bailey
Maria
BP
Brock Peters
Crowne
DC
Diahann Carroll
Clara
LS
Leslie Scott
Jake
RA
Ruth Attaway
Serena Robbins
CA
Claude Akins
Detective
CM
Clarence Muse
Peter
