Introducing a new era in motion pictures!
6.1
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.
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Sidney Poitier | Porgy | Unowned |
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Dorothy Dandridge | Bess | Unowned |
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Sammy Davis Jr. | Sportin' Life | Unowned |
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Pearl Bailey | Maria | Unowned |
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Brock Peters | Crowne | Unowned |
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Diahann Carroll | Clara | Unowned |
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Leslie Scott | Jake | Unowned |
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Ruth Attaway | Serena Robbins | Unowned |
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Claude Akins | Detective | Unowned |
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Clarence Muse | Peter | Unowned |
Everdinne Wilson | Annie | Unowned | |
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Ivan Dixon | Jim | Unowned |
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Scatman Crothers | Crabman | Unowned |
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Maya Angelou | Dancer | Unowned |
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Nichelle Nichols | Dancer | Unowned |