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63% Critic Match
Porgy and Bess
“The Goldwyn Touch!...more dramatic than ever before!”
6.3 / 10• 1959• 2h 18m•NR• English
MusicDramaRomance
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Sidney Poitier
Porgy
Lead
Dorothy Dandridge
Bess
Sammy Davis Jr.
Sportin' Life
Pearl Bailey
Maria
Brock Peters
Crowne
Diahann Carroll
Clara
Leslie Scott
Jake
Ruth Attaway
Serena Robbins
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Otto Preminger's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Porgy and Bess is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
