Porgy and Bess

Porgy and Bess

1959
2h 18m
6.1

6.1/10

24 votes • View on IMDb
Music Drama Romance

"The Goldwyn Touch!...more dramatic than ever before!"

Overview

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.

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Status: Released

Budget: $7,000,000

Revenue: $3,500,000

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

fisherman musical south carolina based on opera charleston 1900s

Quick Facts

Release Date June 24, 1959
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0053182

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

Everdinne Wilson
Everdinne Wilson

Annie

Ivan Dixon
Ivan Dixon

Jim

Key Crew

Otto Preminger
Director
N. Richard Nash
Screenplay
Samuel Goldwyn
Producer