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Porgy and Bess
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Porgy and Bess

1959-06-24 · 138 min · ★ 6.3

Music · Drama · Romance

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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Directors
Otto Preminger
Production companies
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released
Budget
USD 7,000,000
Revenue
USD 3,500,000

Top Cast

Sidney PoitierSidney PoitierPorgy
Dorothy DandridgeDorothy DandridgeBess
Sammy Davis Jr.Sammy Davis Jr.Sportin' Life
Pearl BaileyPearl BaileyMaria
Brock PetersBrock PetersCrowne
Diahann CarrollDiahann CarrollClara
Leslie ScottLeslie ScottJake
Ruth AttawayRuth AttawaySerena Robbins
Claude AkinsClaude AkinsDetective
Clarence MuseClarence MusePeter
Everdinne WilsonAnnie
Ivan DixonIvan DixonJim
Scatman CrothersScatman CrothersCrabman
Maya AngelouMaya AngelouDancer
Nichelle NicholsNichelle NicholsDancer

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