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.
Production
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Cast & Characters
Sidney Poitier
Porgy
Dorothy Dandridge
Bess
Sammy Davis Jr.
Sportin' Life
Pearl Bailey
Maria
Brock Peters
Crowne
Diahann Carroll
Clara
Leslie Scott
Jake
Ruth Attaway
Serena Robbins
Claude Akins
Detective
Clarence Muse
Peter
Everdinne Wilson
Annie
Ivan Dixon
Jim
Directors & Crew
Samuel Goldwyn
Producer
Otto Preminger
Director
N. Richard Nash
Screenplay
Screenshots & Stills
More Like This
Barracuda!
2025
Sing Street
2016
Marijuana Stop!
1971
Knocking On Heaven's Door
2014
Come from Away
2021
Barney's Colorful World, Live!
2004
Oliver and the Artful Dodger
1972
Bette Midler: Kiss My Brass Live at Madison Square Garden
2004
Genival é de Morte
1956
AC/DC: Live at VH1 Studios
1996