Porgy and Bess (1959)
Music • Drama • Romance • 2ч 18м
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.
TMDB rating:
6.3
(27)
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
No photo
Everdinne Wilson
Annie
Ivan Dixon
Jim
Scatman Crothers
Crabman
Maya Angelou
Dancer
Nichelle Nichols
Dancer
Crew
Otto Preminger
Director
Dorothy Heyward
Theatre Play
DuBose Heyward
Theatre Play
N. Richard Nash
Screenplay
Samuel Goldwyn
Producer
Ken Darby
Original Music Composer
Leon Shamroy
Director of Photography
Daniel Mandell
Editor
Oliver Smith
Production Design
Howard Bristol
Set Decoration
Irene Sharaff
Costume Design
Fred Lau
Sound Designer
Serge Krizman
Art Direction
Joseph C. Wright
Art Direction
Layne Britton
Makeup Artist
Frank McCoy
Makeup Artist
Hermes Pan
Choreographer
Paul Helmick
Assistant Director
George Gershwin
Songs
Ira Gershwin
Lyricist
George Gershwin
Original Music Composer
Fred Lau
Sound Recordist
Ira Gershwin
Book
DuBose Heyward
Book
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