Director: Otto Preminger
Language
English
NMTW
70%
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Won 1 Oscar. 4 wins & 10 nominations total
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Sidney PoitierPorgy -
Dorothy DandridgeBess
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Sammy Davis Jr.Sportin' Life
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Pearl BaileyMaria
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Brock PetersCrowne
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Diahann CarrollClara
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Leslie ScottJake
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Ruth AttawaySerena Robbins
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Claude AkinsDetective
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Clarence MusePeter
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Ivan DixonJim
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Scatman CrothersCrabman
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Maya AngelouDancer
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Nichelle NicholsDancer
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| Country: | USA |
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| Length: | 2 h 18 min |
Description:
In the early 1900s, Catfish Row, a neighborhood in Charleston, South Carolina, is home to a Black fishing community. Porgy, a crippled beggar who travels in a goat-drawn cart, is in love with Bess, a woman struggling with drug addiction and living with Crown, the neighborhood's tough character.
| Alternative title: | Porgy and Bess |
| Release year: | 1959 |
| Language: | English |
| Awards: | 🏆 Won 1 Oscar. 4 wins & 10 nominations total |
| Director: | Otto Preminger |
| Type: | Movie |
| Sub-genres: | 1900s based on opera charleston fisherman musical south carolina |
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