Porgy and Bess
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1959-06-24 • 2h 18m
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
Porgy and Bess
Visit website1959-06-24 • 2h 18m
6.1/10 • 24
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
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
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- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $7,000,000.00
- Revenue
- $3,500,000.00
- Keywords
- fishermanmusicalsouth carolinabased on operacharleston1900s