- StatusReleased
- Release Date1959-06-24
- Runtime138 minutes
- TaglineIntroducing a new era in motion pictures!
- Revenue3,500,000$
- GenreMusic, Drama, Romance
- Production
CompaniesSamuel Goldwyn Productions, Columbia Pictures - Budget7,000,000$
Movie Overview
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.
Casts
Sidney Poitier
Dorothy Dandridge
Sammy Davis Jr.
Pearl Bailey
Brock Peters
Diahann Carroll
Leslie Scott
Ruth Attaway
Claude Akins
Clarence Muse
Ivan Dixon
Scatman Crothers
Maya Angelou
Nichelle Nichols
