
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.
Revenue:
$3,500,000
Date Released:
06/24/1959

Sidney Poitier
Porgy

Dorothy Dandridge
Bess

Sammy Davis Jr.
Sportin' Life

Pearl Bailey
Maria

Brock Peters
Crowne