Porgy and Bess main backdrop
Porgy and Bess main poster

Porgy and Bess

Visit website

6.1/10 • 24

1959-06-242h 18m

MusicDramaRomance

Introducing a new era in motion pictures!

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

Top Billed Cast

View Credits
  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

Reviews0

We don't have any reviews for Porgy and Bess.

Media

  • Porgy and Bess poster
  • Porgy and Bess poster
  • Porgy and Bess poster
  • Porgy and Bess poster
  • Porgy and Bess poster
  • Porgy and Bess poster
  • Porgy and Bess poster
  • Porgy and Bess poster
  • Porgy and Bess poster

Recommendations

  • Noel main backdrop

    Noel

    5.8

  • Sitting Pretty main backdrop

    Sitting Pretty

    7.5

  • The Five Pennies main backdrop

    The Five Pennies

    6.7

  • Hunk main backdrop

    Hunk

    5.8

  • Groot's Pursuit main backdrop

    Groot's Pursuit

    7.1

  • Six Reasons Why main backdrop

    Six Reasons Why

    5.2

  • No Backdrop

    Object: Alimony

    6.0

  • Nude main backdrop

    Nude

    9.4

  • No Backdrop

    Disney Presents: Main Street Electrical Parade - Farewell Season

    5.4

  • The Phantom Stockman main backdrop

    The Phantom Stockman

    4.8

  • Barbie: The Pearl Princess main backdrop

    Barbie: The Pearl Princess

    7.0

  • Hot Bubblegum main backdrop

    Hot Bubblegum

    6.0

  • 23 main backdrop

    23

    6.0

  • Futari wa Precure Splash☆Star the Movie: Tic-Tac Crisis Hanging by a Thin Thread! main backdrop

    Futari wa Precure Splash☆Star the Movie: Tic-Tac Crisis Hanging by a Thin Thread!

    6.7

  • Jennifer Lopez: The Reel Me main backdrop

    Jennifer Lopez: The Reel Me

    8.8

  • Honey 2 main backdrop

    Honey 2

    6.3

  • Iron Man 2 main backdrop

    Iron Man 2

    6.8

  • No Backdrop

    Qwerty

    6.4

  • It's Now or Never main backdrop

    It's Now or Never

    5.5

  • No Backdrop

    Do-Re-Me

    5.9

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