Information
Release DateJune 24, 1959
Runtime2h 18m
StatusReleased
Budget$7M
Revenue$4M
ProductionSamuel Goldwyn Productions, Columbia Pictures
LanguagesEnglish
6.1
24 votesPopularity0
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.
Cast & Crew
Director
Featured Cast
Sidney Poitier
Porgy
Dorothy Dandridge
Bess
Sammy Davis Jr.
Sportin' Life
Pearl Bailey
Maria
Brock Peters
Crowne
