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Porgy and Bess

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6.1/10 • 24

1959-06-242h 18m

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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.

Directors
Otto Preminger
Editors
Daniel Mandell

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  1. Sidney Poitier

    Sidney Poitier

    Porgy

  2. Dorothy Dandridge

    Dorothy Dandridge

    Bess

  3. Sammy Davis Jr.

    Sammy Davis Jr.

    Sportin' Life

  4. Pearl Bailey

    Pearl Bailey

    Maria

  5. Brock Peters

    Brock Peters

    Crowne

  6. Diahann Carroll

    Diahann Carroll

    Clara

  7. Leslie Scott

    Leslie Scott

    Jake

  8. Ruth Attaway

    Ruth Attaway

    Serena Robbins

  9. Claude Akins

    Claude Akins

    Detective

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$7,000,000.00
Revenue
$3,500,000.00
Keywords
fishermanmusicalsouth carolinabased on operacharleston1900s