Released:
1959-06-24

Overview:
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

Runtime:
2h 18min

Genre:
Music, Drama, Romance

• Cast:
• 
  Sidney Poitier
  as
  Porgy
• 
  Dorothy Dandridge
  as
  Bess
• 
  Sammy Davis Jr.
  as
  Sportin' Life
• 
  Pearl Bailey
  as
  Maria
• 
  Brock Peters
  as
  Crowne