Porgy and Bess
6.31959138 min
MusicDramaRomance
"The Goldwyn Touch!...more dramatic than ever before!"
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.
Top 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,Leslie Scott as Jake,Ruth Attaway as Serena Robbins
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Production
Samuel Goldwyn Productions