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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.
Theatrical
Jun 24, 1959
Box Office
$3.5M
Budget
$7.0M
Return
0.5x
Theaters
1
Director
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Studio
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
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Sidney Poitier
Porgy
D
Dorothy Dandridge
Bess
S
Sammy Davis Jr.
Sportin' Life
P
Pearl Bailey
Maria
B
Brock Peters
Crowne
D
Diahann Carroll
Clara
R
Ruth Attaway
Serena Robbins
C
Claude Akins
Detective
C
Clarence Muse
Peter
I
Ivan Dixon
Jim
S
Scatman Crothers
Crabman
M
Maya Angelou
Dancer
N
Nichelle Nichols
Dancer
