Porgy and Bess

Porgy and Bess
1959MusicDramaRomance138 mins
★★★★★

Plot

Set in the early 1900s in the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina, which serves as home to a black fishing community, the story focuses on the titular characters, crippled beggar Porgy, ... read more

  • Otto Preminger

    Director

  • Dorothy Heyward

    Theatre Play

  • DuBose Heyward

    Theatre Play

  • N. Richard Nash

    Screenplay

  • Ira Gershwin

    Lyricist

  • Leon Shamroy

    Director of Photography

  • Daniel Mandell

    Editor

  • 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

    • Runtime

    138 minutes

    Released

    1959-06-24

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Samuel Goldwyn Productions

    Columbia Pictures

    Sound

  • Ken Darby

    Original Music Composer

  • George Gershwin

    Original Music Composer

    • Updated

    316 days ago

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