Porgy and Bess (1959)
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $7,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $3,500,000.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 5.993 |
Directed By
Otto Preminger
Crew
Irene Sharaff
DuBose Heyward
Dorothy Heyward
Samuel Goldwyn
Ken Darby
Howard Bristol
Oliver Smith
Fred Lau
Leon Shamroy
Daniel Mandell
N. Richard Nash
Otto Preminger
Joseph C. Wright
Layne Britton
Hermes Pan
Paul Helmick
Serge Krizman
Frank McCoy
George Gershwin
George Gershwin
Ira Gershwin
Fred Lau
TOP 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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