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Movie Info
This musical drama focuses on the poverty-stricken residents struggling to survive in the Charleston tenement of Catfish Row. The sultry Bess (Dorothy Dandridge) becomes the object of desire of Porgy (Sidney Poitier), a disabled man who gets around in a cart. But Bess is also involved with thuggish Crown (Brock Peters) and drug dealer Sportin' Life (Sammy Davis Jr.). Crown kills a man and goes into hiding, and Bess seeks shelter with Porgy. But, when Crown returns, Porgy must take a stand.
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
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Original Language: English
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Director: Otto Preminger, Rouben Mamoulian
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Producer: Samuel Goldwyn
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Writer: Dorothy Heyward, DuBose Heyward, DuBose Heyward, N. Richard Nash
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Release Date (Theaters): wide
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Runtime:
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Distributor: Columbia Pictures
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Production Co: Samuel Goldwyn Company
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Sound Mix: Stereo
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Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)
Cast & Crew

Sidney Poitier
Porgy

Dorothy Dandridge
Bess

Sammy Davis Jr.
Sportin' Life

Pearl Bailey
Maria

Brock Peters
Crown

Leslie Scott
Jake

Diahann Carroll
Clara

Ruth Attaway
Serena Robbins

Clarence Muse
Peter

Everdinne Wilson
Annie

Joel Fluellen
Robbins

Earl Jackson
Mingo

Margaret Hairston
Lily

Ivan Dixon
Jim

Antoine Durousseau
Scipio

Helen Thigpen
Strawberry woman

Bill Walker
Undertaker

Roy Glenn
Frazier

Maurice Manson
Coroner

Claude Akins
Detective

Otto Preminger
Director

Rouben Mamoulian
Director

Dorothy Heyward
Writer

DuBose Heyward
Writer

DuBose Heyward
Writer

N. Richard Nash
Screenwriter

Samuel Goldwyn
Producer

Leon Shamroy
Cinematographer

Daniel Mandell
Film Editing

George Gershwin
Original Music

Oliver Smith
Production Design

Serge Krizman
Art Director

Joseph C. Wright
Art Director

Howard Bristol
Set Decoration

Irene Sharaff
Costume Design

Frank McCoy
Makeup Artist

Layne Britton
Makeup Artist

Ira Gershwin
Lyricist

DuBose Heyward
Lyricist

André Previn
Conductor
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