Porgy and Bess

Porgy and Bess by Otto Preminger

6.10

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.

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Cast

Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier as Porgy

Dorothy Dandridge

Dorothy Dandridge as Bess

Sammy Davis Jr.

Sammy Davis Jr. as Sportin' Life

Pearl Bailey

Pearl Bailey as Maria

Brock Peters

Brock Peters as Crowne

Diahann Carroll

Diahann Carroll as Clara

Leslie Scott

Leslie Scott as Jake

Ruth Attaway

Ruth Attaway as Serena Robbins

Claude Akins

Claude Akins as Detective

Clarence Muse

Clarence Muse as Peter

Everdinne Wilson

Everdinne Wilson as Annie

Ivan Dixon

Ivan Dixon as Jim

Scatman Crothers

Scatman Crothers as Crabman

Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou as Dancer

Nichelle Nichols

Nichelle Nichols as Dancer

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