Ratings

TMDB Rating 6.4

Financials

Revenue: $0

Budget: $7,000,000

Profit: - $-7,000,000


Movie Details

Tag Line: Introducing a new era in motion pictures!

Status: Released

Average Rating: 6

Release Date: Jun 24, 1959

Rating:

Run Time: 2h 18m

Original Language: English

Website: -

Production Countries: United States of America

Production Companies: Samuel Goldwyn Productions , Columbia Pictures


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Synopsis

Set in the early 1900s in the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina, which serves as home to a black fishing community, the story focuses on the titular characters, crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, and the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.


Main Cast

Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier

Porgy

Age : 97 | Popularity : 20%

Dorothy Dandridge

Dorothy Dandridge

Bess

Age : 42 | Popularity : 6%

Sammy Davis Jr.

Sammy Davis Jr.

Sportin' Life

Age : 64 | Popularity : 8%

Pearl Bailey

Pearl Bailey

Maria

Age : 72 | Popularity : 5%

Brock Peters

Brock Peters

Crowne

Age : 78 | Popularity : 6%

Diahann Carroll

Diahann Carroll

Clara

Age : 84 | Popularity : 5%

Leslie Scott

Leslie Scott

Jake

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Ruth Attaway

Ruth Attaway

Serena Robbins

Age : 77 | Popularity : 3%


Crew

Department Role Name
Directing Director
Otto Preminger
Otto Preminger
Assistant Director
Paul Helmick
Paul Helmick
Editing Editor
Daniel Mandell
Daniel Mandell
Costume & Make-Up Costume Design
Irene Sharaff
Irene Sharaff
Makeup Artist
Layne Britton
Layne Britton
Frank McCoy
Frank McCoy
Art Art Direction
Joseph C. Wright
Joseph C. Wright
Serge Krizman
Serge Krizman
Set Decoration
Howard Bristol
Howard Bristol
Production Design
Oliver Smith
Oliver Smith
Camera Director of Photography
Leon Shamroy
Leon Shamroy
Production Producer
Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn
Writing Theatre Play
Dorothy Heyward
Dorothy Heyward
DuBose Heyward
DuBose Heyward
Screenplay
N. Richard Nash
N. Richard Nash
Lyricist
Ira Gershwin
Ira Gershwin
Sound Original Music Composer
Ken Darby
Ken Darby
George Gershwin
George Gershwin
Songs
George Gershwin
George Gershwin
Sound Designer
Fred Lau
Fred Lau
Sound Recordist
Fred Lau
Fred Lau
Crew Choreographer
Hermes Pan
Hermes Pan
Department Role Name

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