Movie: Porgy and Bess

Top 10 Billed Cast

Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier

Porgy

Dorothy Dandridge
Dorothy Dandridge

Bess

Sammy Davis Jr.
Sammy Davis Jr.

Sportin' Life

Pearl Bailey
Pearl Bailey

Maria

Brock Peters
Brock Peters

Crowne

Diahann Carroll
Diahann Carroll

Clara

Leslie Scott
Leslie Scott

Jake

Ruth Attaway
Ruth Attaway

Serena Robbins

Claude Akins
Claude Akins

Detective

Clarence Muse
Clarence Muse

Peter

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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.

  • Release Date

    1959-06-24

  • Average

    6.2

  • Rating:

    3.1 starts
  • Tagline

    Introducing a new era in motion pictures!

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  • Languages:

    English
  • Keywords

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