Porgy and Bess

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 24, 1959

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

Columbia Pictures,Samuel Goldwyn Productions

Cast

Sidney Poitier,Dorothy Dandridge,Sammy Davis Jr.,Pearl Bailey,Brock Peters,Diahann Carroll,Leslie Scott,Ruth Attaway,Claude Akins,Clarence Museand 5 more

Director

Otto Preminger

Writer

Dorothy Heyward,DuBose Heyward,N. Richard Nash,Ira Gershwin

Producer

Samuel Goldwyn

Cinematography

Leon Shamroy

Music

Ken Darby,George Gershwin

Budget

$7,000,000

Revenue

$3,500,000

IMDb

tt0053182