Overview - Porgy and Bess
Date of release
Budget
$7,000,000.00
Revenue
$3,500,000.00
Spoken Languages
- English
Production companies
Name: Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Production country United States of America
Name: Columbia Pictures
Production country United States of America
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.
Cast
Name: Sidney Poitier
Character: Porgy
Popularity: 2.6207
Name: Dorothy Dandridge
Character: Bess
Popularity: 1.6121
Name: Sammy Davis Jr.
Character: Sportin' Life
Popularity: 2.1012
Name: Pearl Bailey
Character: Maria
Popularity: 1.2789
Name: Brock Peters
Character: Crowne
Popularity: 1.8902
Name: Diahann Carroll
Character: Clara
Popularity: 1.8535
Name: Leslie Scott
Character: Jake
Popularity: 0.2627
Name: Ruth Attaway
Character: Serena Robbins
Popularity: 0.9022
