Porgy and Bess

Porgy and Bess (1959)

6.3 138 min Movie
MusicDramaRomance

The Goldwyn Touch!...more dramatic than ever before!

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.

View on IMDb

Watch

Loading sources…

If a source does not load, open the ⚙ menu and pick another one.

Cast

Sidney Poitier Sidney Poitier Porgy
Dorothy Dandridge Dorothy Dandridge Bess
Sammy Davis Jr. Sammy Davis Jr. Sportin' Life
Pearl Bailey Pearl Bailey Maria
Brock Peters Brock Peters Crowne
Diahann Carroll Diahann Carroll Clara
Leslie Scott Leslie Scott Jake
Ruth Attaway Ruth Attaway Serena Robbins
Claude Akins Claude Akins Detective
Clarence Muse Clarence Muse Peter
Everdinne Wilson Everdinne Wilson Annie
Ivan Dixon Ivan Dixon Jim

More like this

Journey to Bethlehem 7.7
Journey to Bethlehem 2023
Singin' Spurs 7.0
Singin' Spurs 1948
Mavis! 6.9
Mavis! 2015
Frank Reyes: Let Me Into You 10.0
Frank Reyes: Let Me Into You 2002
This is the Music... 4.3
This is the Music... 1981
Hello, Moscow! 6.5
Hello, Moscow! 1945
Brenda Lee and the Palace of Princesses 8.5
Brenda Lee and the Palace of Princesses 2021
Zoe: Musica de Fondo (MTV Unplugged) 5.2
Zoe: Musica de Fondo (MTV Unplugged) 2011
Lili Marleen 6.5
Lili Marleen 1981
The Doll Shop 8.0
The Doll Shop 1929
Bill Evans Time Remembered 6.7
Bill Evans Time Remembered 2015
The Blues Brothers 7.7
The Blues Brothers 1980