Porgy and Bess

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Sidney Poitier Porgy

Dorothy Dandridge Bess

Sammy Davis Jr. Sportin' Life

Pearl Bailey Maria

Brock Peters Crowne