STORY
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 & CREW
- Sidney Poitier
- Dorothy Dandridge
- Sammy Davis Jr.
- Pearl Bailey
- Brock Peters
Cast
- Otto Preminger
- Paul Helmick
Directors
INFORMATION
- Samuel Goldwyn Productions
- Columbia Pictures
Production Companies
- United States of America
Production Countries
LANGUAGES
- English