Summary
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.
Cast
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
Crew
Director
Otto Preminger
Book, Lyricist
Ira Gershwin
Book, Theatre Play
DuBose Heyward
Screenplay
N. Richard Nash
Theatre Play
Dorothy Heyward
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Media
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$7,000,000.00
Revenue:
$3,500,000.00
Keywords
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