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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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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 1959-06-24
- video_camera_front Companies Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Columbia Pictures
- timer Runtime: 138 Mins
- star Rating: 6.1 / 10
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- info IMDB ID tt0053182
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Sidney Poitier
Porgy
Dorothy Dandridge
Bess
Sammy Davis Jr.
Sportin' Life
Pearl Bailey
Maria
Brock Peters
Crowne
Diahann Carroll
Clara
Leslie Scott
Jake
Ruth Attaway
Serena Robbins
Claude Akins
Detective
Clarence Muse
Peter
Everdinne Wilson
Annie
Ivan Dixon
Jim
Scatman Crothers
Crabman
Maya Angelou
Dancer
Nichelle Nichols
Dancer
groups Crew
Irene Sharaff
Costume Design
DuBose Heyward
Theatre Play
Dorothy Heyward
Theatre Play
Samuel Goldwyn
Producer
Ken Darby
Original Music Composer
Howard Bristol
Set Decoration
Oliver Smith
Production Design
Fred Lau
Sound Designer
Leon Shamroy
Director of Photography
Daniel Mandell
Editor
N. Richard Nash
Screenplay
Otto Preminger
Director
Joseph C. Wright
Art Direction
Layne Britton
Makeup Artist
Hermes Pan
Choreographer
Paul Helmick
Assistant Director
Serge Krizman
Art Direction
Frank McCoy
Makeup Artist
George Gershwin
Songs
George Gershwin
Original Music Composer
Ira Gershwin
Lyricist
Fred Lau
Sound Recordist
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