Release Date
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Original Release
June 24, 1959
2h 18m
Porgy and Bess (1959)
⭐ 6.1138 min
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.
Director
Otto Preminger
Department: Directing
⭐Popularity: 1.6
Cast
Sidney Poitier
Porgy
⭐1.3
Dorothy Dandridge
Bess
⭐1.5
Sammy Davis Jr.
Sportin' Life
⭐1.7
Pearl Bailey
Maria
⭐0.9
Brock Peters
Crowne
⭐1.3
Diahann Carroll
Clara
⭐1.4
Leslie Scott
Jake
⭐0.1
Ruth Attaway
Serena Robbins
⭐0.4
Claude Akins
Detective
⭐1.7
Clarence Muse
Peter
⭐0.6
Genres
MusicDramaRomance
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