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Porgy and Bess
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Porgy and Bess

The Goldwyn Touch!...more dramatic than ever before!
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TMDB 6.316+19592h 18mEnglish
MusicDramaRomance

Synopsis

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.

Director
Otto PremingerFrom TMDB credits
Studio
Samuel Goldwyn Productions1 production companies
Release
June 24, 1959Released
Box Office
$4MBudget $7M

Top Cast

8 of 15
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

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