Porgy and Bess

Jun 24, 1959

2h 18m

★ 6.1

Introducing a new era in motion pictures!

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.

Genres

Music

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Samuel Goldwyn Productions

Columbia Pictures

Porgy and Bess Trailers

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Cast

Porgy

Sidney Poitier

Bess

Dorothy Dandridge

Sportin' Life

Sammy Davis Jr.

Maria

Pearl Bailey

Crowne

Brock Peters

Clara

Diahann Carroll

Jake

Leslie Scott

Serena Robbins

Ruth Attaway

Detective

Claude Akins

Peter

Clarence Muse

Annie

Everdinne Wilson

Jim

Ivan Dixon

Olga Neuwirth, for a long time one of the great composers of the present, succeeds with this opera in creating a captivating arc across many musical genres. It’s an exciting, socially critical production by Polly Graham who puts a fantastically singing and playing Kate Lindsey in the center of the action.

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0.0

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7.7

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0.0

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