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Porgy and Bess

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1959

138 minutes (2 hrs 18 mins)

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Directed by

Otto Preminger · Rouben Mamoulian

Starring

Sidney Poitier · Dorothy Dandridge · Sammy Davis Jr. · Pearl Bailey · Brock Peters · Leslie Scott

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release: 24th June 1959

France release: 14th October 1959

Italy release: 17th December 1959

Certificates

US
Not Rated

K-16

Total grosses

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Director

Role

Otto Preminger

Directed By

Rouben Mamoulian

Directed By

Actor

Character

Sidney Poitier

Porgy

Dorothy Dandridge

Bess

Sammy Davis Jr.

Sportin' Life

Pearl Bailey

Maria

Brock Peters

Crown

Leslie Scott

Jake

Diahann Carroll

Clara

Ruth Attaway

Serena Robbins

Claude Akins

Detective

Clarence Muse

Peter

Everdinne Wilson

Annie

Joel Fluellen

Robbins

Earl Jackson

Mingo

Moses La'Marr

Nelson

Margaret Hairston

Lily

Ivan Dixon

Jim

Antoine Durousseau

Scipio

Helen Thigpen

Strawberry woman

Vince Townsend Jr.

Elderly man

Bill Walker

Undertaker

Roy Glenn

Frazier

Maurice Manson

Coroner

Scatman Crothers

Crabman

Adele Addison

Bess

Maya Angelou

Dancer

Geoffrey Holder

Dancer

Inez Matthews

Serena

Robert McFerrin

Porgy

Nichelle Nichols

Dancer

Loulie Jean Norman

Clara