Film
Porgy and Bess
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.
Overview
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
- Sidney PoitierPorgy
- Dorothy DandridgeBess
- Sammy Davis Jr.Sportin' Life
- Pearl BaileyMaria
- Brock PetersCrowne
- Diahann CarrollClara
- Leslie ScottJake
- Ruth AttawaySerena Robbins
