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The movie Porgy and Bess (Original title Porgy and Bess) has in the main roles on Sidney Poitier (Porgy), Dorothy Dandridge (Bess), Sammy Davis Jr. (Sportin' Life), Pearl Bailey (Maria), Brock Peters (Crowne), Diahann Carroll (Clara), Leslie Scott (Jake), Ruth Attaway (Serena Robbins), Claude Akins (Detective), Clarence Muse (Peter), Ivan Dixon (Jim), Scatman Crothers (Crabman), Maya Angelou (Dancer), Nichelle Nichols (Dancer) The release date of the movie is 24.06.1959. This movie it is produced by Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Columbia Pictures . Filmed in the following locations: Stockton, California, USA . Production countries: United States of America Movie Genre: Movies Music, Movies Drama, Movies Romance

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.