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.
Cast
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
Everdinne Wilson
Annie
Ivan Dixon
Jim
Scatman Crothers
Crabman
Maya Angelou
Dancer
Nichelle Nichols
Dancer
Crew
Otto Preminger
Director
N. Richard Nash
Screenplay
Ira Gershwin
Book, Lyricist
DuBose Heyward
Book, Theatre Play
Daniel Mandell
Editor
Leon Shamroy
Director of Photography
Paul Helmick
Assistant Director
Samuel Goldwyn
Producer
Oliver Smith
Production Design
Irene Sharaff
Costume Design
Frank McCoy
Makeup Artist
Layne Britton
Makeup Artist
Fred Lau
Sound Designer, Sound Recordist
Ken Darby
Original Music Composer
George Gershwin
Original Music Composer, Songs
Howard Bristol
Set Decoration
Hermes Pan
Choreographer
Dorothy Heyward
Theatre Play
Serge Krizman
Art Direction
Joseph C. Wright
Art Direction
