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: 2.1
Cast
Sidney Poitier
Porgy
⭐0.5
Dorothy Dandridge
Bess
⭐8.7
Sammy Davis Jr.
Sportin' Life
⭐9.3
Pearl Bailey
Maria
⭐1.7
Brock Peters
Crowne
⭐1.5
Diahann Carroll
Clara
⭐0.7
Leslie Scott
Jake
⭐0.2
Ruth Attaway
Serena Robbins
⭐2.1
Claude Akins
Detective
⭐4.2
Clarence Muse
Peter
⭐0.3
Genres
MusicDramaRomance
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