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Porgy and Bess

Porgy and Bess (1959)

Movie · Released · 138 min · ★ 6.3

Music, Drama, Romance

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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 PoitierSidney PoitierPorgyDorothy DandridgeDorothy DandridgeBessSammy Davis Jr.Sammy Davis Jr.Sportin' LifePearl BaileyPearl BaileyMariaBrock PetersBrock PetersCrowneDiahann CarrollDiahann CarrollClaraLeslie ScottLeslie ScottJakeRuth AttawayRuth AttawaySerena RobbinsClaude AkinsClaude AkinsDetectiveClarence MuseClarence MusePeter
Everdinne WilsonAnnieIvan DixonIvan DixonJimScatman CrothersScatman CrothersCrabmanMaya AngelouMaya AngelouDancerNichelle NicholsNichelle NicholsDancer

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