Porgy and Bess
1959 • Music | Drama
6.278 (27)
Otto Preminger
Director
Status
Released
Release date
June 24, 1959
Duration
138 Min
Language
en
Popularity
1.1514
Budget
$7,000,000
Revenue
$3,500,000
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.
Cast
Sidney Poitier
Dorothy Dandridge
Sammy Davis Jr.
Pearl Bailey
Brock Peters
Diahann Carroll
Leslie Scott
Ruth Attaway
Claude Akins
Clarence Muse
Ivan Dixon
Scatman Crothers
Maya Angelou
Nichelle Nichols
