Porgy and Bess
Porgy and Bess

Porgy and Bess

June 24, 1959 | 138 min

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

Cast

Naomi Scott

Sidney Poitier

Naomi Scott

Dorothy Dandridge

Naomi Scott

Sammy Davis Jr.

Naomi Scott

Pearl Bailey

Naomi Scott

Brock Peters

Naomi Scott

Diahann Carroll

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