Porgy and Bess
24/06/1959
2h 18m



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
Porgy


Dorothy Dandridge
Bess


Sammy Davis Jr.
Sportin' Life


Pearl Bailey
Maria


Brock Peters
Crowne


Diahann Carroll
Clara


Leslie Scott
Jake


Ruth Attaway
Serena Robbins


Claude Akins
Detective


Clarence Muse
Peter
Everdinne Wilson
Annie


Ivan Dixon
Jim


Scatman Crothers
Crabman


Maya Angelou
Dancer


Nichelle Nichols
Dancer
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