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Porgy and Bess

M19596.3/10MusicDrama

About Porgy and Bess

Synopsis

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.

At a glance

Release year

1959

Rating

6.3/10

Type

Movie

Provider

Neon · Yoru · Cypher · Sage · Breach · Vyse

Genres

MusicDramaRomance

Actors

Sidney Poitier profile photo

Sidney Poitier

Porgy

Dorothy Dandridge profile photo

Dorothy Dandridge

Bess

Sammy Davis Jr. profile photo

Sammy Davis Jr.

Sportin' Life

Pearl Bailey profile photo

Pearl Bailey

Maria

Brock Peters profile photo

Brock Peters

Crowne

Diahann Carroll profile photo

Diahann Carroll

Clara

Leslie Scott profile photo

Leslie Scott

Jake

Ruth Attaway profile photo

Ruth Attaway

Serena Robbins

Claude Akins profile photo

Claude Akins

Detective

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