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1959

2 hr 18 min

Porgy and Bess

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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.

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Sidney Poitier

Porgy

Dorothy Dandridge's' Profile Image

Dorothy Dandridge

Bess

Sammy Davis Jr.'s' Profile Image

Sammy Davis Jr.

Sportin' Life

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Pearl Bailey

Maria

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Brock Peters

Crowne

Diahann Carroll's' Profile Image

Diahann Carroll

Clara

Leslie Scott's' Profile Image

Leslie Scott

Jake

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Ruth Attaway

Serena Robbins

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Claude Akins

Detective

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Clarence Muse

Peter

Everdinne Wilson

Annie

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Ivan Dixon

Jim

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Scatman Crothers

Crabman

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Maya Angelou

Dancer

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Nichelle Nichols

Dancer

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Otto Preminger

Director

Paul Helmick

Assistant Director

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Dorothy Heyward

Theatre Play

DuBose Heyward

Theatre Play

N. Richard Nash

Screenplay

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Ira Gershwin

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Ira Gershwin

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DuBose Heyward

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