Porgy and Bess
“The Goldwyn Touch!...more dramatic than ever before!”
1959•NR•2h 18m•6.3•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.
Director
Otto Preminger
Writer
N. Richard Nash
Budget
$7M
Revenue
$4M
Languages
English
Studio
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
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
Scatman Crothers
Crabman
Maya Angelou
Dancer
Nichelle Nichols
Dancer
Production
Company
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Producer
Samuel Goldwyn
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