Porgy and Bess

Porgy and Bess
1959
★★★☆☆ 6.1/10
⏱️ 138 min
📅 Released
🌐 EN
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.

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

Crew

Director
Otto Preminger
Writer
N. Richard Nash
Producer
Samuel Goldwyn

Production

Samuel Goldwyn Productions

Keywords

fishermanmusicalsouth carolinabased on operacharleston1900s