
Porgy and Bess (1959)
2h 18m | PG-13
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
Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Genre: Music, Drama, Romance
Video: 720p
Cast

Sidney Poitier
as Porgy

Dorothy Dandridge
as Bess

Sammy Davis Jr.
as Sportin' Life

Pearl Bailey
as Maria

Brock Peters
as Crowne

Diahann Carroll
as Clara