Introducing a new era in motion pictures!
6.2
138 min
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.
Name | Character | Team | |
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Sidney Poitier | Porgy | Unowned | |
Dorothy Dandridge | Bess | Unowned | |
Sammy Davis Jr. | Sportin' Life | Unowned | |
Pearl Bailey | Maria | Unowned | |
Brock Peters | Crowne | Unowned | |
Diahann Carroll | Clara | Unowned | |
Leslie Scott | Jake | Unowned | |
Ruth Attaway | Serena Robbins | Unowned | |
Claude Akins | Detective | Unowned | |
Clarence Muse | Peter | Unowned | |
Everdinne Wilson | Annie | Unowned | |
Ivan Dixon | Jim | Unowned | |
Scatman Crothers | Crabman | Unowned | |
Maya Angelou | Dancer | Unowned | |
Nichelle Nichols | Dancer | Unowned |