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 as Porgy
Dorothy Dandridge as Bess
Sammy Davis Jr. as Sportin' Life
Pearl Bailey as Maria
Brock Peters as Crowne
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