Rating:
6.2/10 by 22 users
Porgy and Bess (1959)
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.
Directing:
- Otto Preminger
- Paul Helmick
- DuBose Heyward
- Dorothy Heyward
- N. Richard Nash
- Ira Gershwin
Release Date:
Wed, Jun 24, 1959
Rating: 6.2/10 by 22 users
Alternative Title:
Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 02 hour 18 minutes
Budget: $7,000,000
Revenue: $3,500,000
Plot Keyword: fisherman, musical, south carolina, based on opera, charleston, 1900s
Rating: 6.2/10 by 22 users
Alternative Title:
Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 02 hour 18 minutes
Budget: $7,000,000
Revenue: $3,500,000
Plot Keyword: fisherman, musical, south carolina, based on opera, charleston, 1900s
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
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