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Porgy and Bess

Directed by Otto Preminger
1959    2h 18m    Not Rated
Musical, Drama, Romance,
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Set in the early 1900s in the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina, which serves as home to a black fishing community, the story focuses on the titular characters, crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, and the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.
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Cast of Porgy and Bess
  • Sidney PoitierPorgy
  • Dorothy DandridgeBess
  • Sammy Davis Jr.Sportin' Life
  • Pearl BaileyMaria
  • Brock PetersCrowne
  • Diahann CarrollClara
  • Leslie ScottJake
  • Ruth AttawaySerena Robbins
  • Claude AkinsDetective
  • Clarence MusePeter
  • Everdinne WilsonAnnie
  • Ivan DixonJim
  • Scatman CrothersCrabman
  • Maya AngelouDancer
  • Nichelle NicholsDancer
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