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Porgy and Bess

Porgy and Bess

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Drama

Romance

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.

Date: 06/24/1959
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr., Pearl Bailey, Brock Peters, Diahann Carroll, Leslie Scott, Ruth Attaway, Claude Akins, Clarence Muse, Everdinne Wilson, Ivan Dixon, Scatman Crothers, Maya Angelou, Nichelle Nichols

Sidney Poitier as Porgy in Porgy and Bess Sidney Poitier

Dorothy Dandridge as Bess in Porgy and Bess Dorothy Dandridge

Sammy Davis Jr. as Sportin' Life in Porgy and Bess Sammy Davis Jr.

Pearl Bailey as Maria in Porgy and Bess Pearl Bailey

Brock Peters as Crowne in Porgy and Bess Brock Peters

Diahann Carroll as Clara in Porgy and Bess Diahann Carroll

Leslie Scott as Jake in Porgy and Bess Leslie Scott

Ruth Attaway as Serena Robbins in Porgy and Bess Ruth Attaway

Claude Akins as Detective in Porgy and Bess Claude Akins

Clarence Muse as Peter in Porgy and Bess Clarence Muse

Everdinne Wilson

Ivan Dixon as Jim in Porgy and Bess Ivan Dixon

Scatman Crothers as Crabman in Porgy and Bess Scatman Crothers

Maya Angelou as Dancer in Porgy and Bess Maya Angelou

Nichelle Nichols as Dancer in Porgy and Bess Nichelle Nichols

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