MusicDramaRomance
Porgy and Bess
6.3
IMDb
🌐 EN
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.
Director
Otto Preminger
Year
1959
Category
Hollywood
Ratings & scores.
IMDb Rating
6.3 /10
Rotten Tomatoes
🍅
Metacritic
62 /100
Cast & crew.
🎭
Sidney Poitier
Porgy
🎭
Dorothy Dandridge
Bess
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Sammy Davis Jr.
Sportin' Life
🎭
Pearl Bailey
Maria
🎭
Brock Peters
Crowne
🎭
Diahann Carroll
Clara
🎭
Leslie Scott
Jake
🎭
Ruth Attaway
Serena Robbins
Available qualities.
1080p
1.5GB
720p
800MB
Where to watch.
Box office & stats.
Budget
$7.0M
Worldwide
$3.5M
Runtime
138 min
Release
1959-06-24
