Porgy and Bess

Porgy and Bess (1959)

6.3 138 min Movie
MusicDramaRomance

The Goldwyn Touch!...more dramatic than ever before!

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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Cast

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
Claude Akins Claude Akins Detective
Clarence Muse Clarence Muse Peter
Everdinne Wilson Everdinne Wilson Annie
Ivan Dixon Ivan Dixon Jim

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