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Porgy and Bess

6.3 1959 2h 18mNR
MusicDramaRomance

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.

Directed by Otto Preminger

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CAST

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Sidney Poitier
Sidney PoitierPorgy
Dorothy Dandridge
Dorothy DandridgeBess
Sammy Davis Jr.
Sammy Davis Jr.Sportin' Life
Pearl Bailey
Pearl BaileyMaria
Brock Peters
Brock PetersCrowne
Diahann Carroll
Diahann CarrollClara
Leslie Scott
Leslie ScottJake
Ruth Attaway
Ruth AttawaySerena Robbins
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