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Porgy and Bess

Porgy and Bess

# Introducing a new era in motion pictures!
Music   Drama   Romance
📜 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.
💵 Budget: USD 7,000,000
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1959-06-24
⌚ Running Time: 138 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 6.146

Beloved Cast

Sidney Poitier original image
Porgy
Sidney Poitier
Dorothy Dandridge original image
Bess
Dorothy Dandridge
Sammy Davis Jr. original image
Sportin' Life
Sammy Davis Jr.
Pearl Bailey original image
Maria
Pearl Bailey
Brock Peters original image
Crowne
Brock Peters
Diahann Carroll original image
Clara
Diahann Carroll
Leslie Scott original image
Jake
Leslie Scott
Ruth Attaway original image
Serena Robbins
Ruth Attaway
Claude Akins original image
Detective
Claude Akins
Clarence Muse original image
Peter
Clarence Muse
Everdinne Wilson original image
Annie
Everdinne Wilson
Ivan Dixon original image
Jim
Ivan Dixon
Scatman Crothers original image
Crabman
Scatman Crothers
Maya Angelou original image
Dancer
Maya Angelou
Nichelle Nichols original image
Dancer
Nichelle Nichols

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