Porgy and Bess

(1959)Directed by Otto Preminger138 minMusic, Drama, Romance
The Goldwyn Touch!...more dramatic than ever before!

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.

Sammy Davis Jr.as Sportin' Life
Pearl Baileyas Maria
Brock Petersas Crowne
Leslie Scottas Jake
Ruth Attawayas Serena Robbins
Claude Akinsas Detective
Everdinne Wilsonas Annie
Maya Angelouas Dancer