Porgy and Bess

Name: Porgy and Bess
Released: 1959-06-24

1959 · 2h 18m

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Synopsis

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.

Awards

32nd Academy Awards· 1960

Music (Musical Score)André Previn, Ken DarbyWon
CinematographyLeon Shamroy
Costume DesignIrene Sharaff
SoundFred Hynes, Gordon E. Sawyer

Details

Released: 24 June 1959
Runtime: 2h 18m
Budget: $7,000,000
Box office: $3,500,000
Countries: United States of America
Languages: English
Production: Samuel Goldwyn Productions

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Cast

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