
Porgy and Bess
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
Music
Drama
Romance
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Casts

Sidney Poitier
as Porgy

Dorothy Dandridge
as Bess

Sammy Davis Jr.
as Sportin' Life

Pearl Bailey
as Maria

Brock Peters
as Crowne

Diahann Carroll
as Clara

Leslie Scott
as Jake

Ruth Attaway
as Serena Robbins

Claude Akins
as Detective

Clarence Muse
as Peter