The read
Every source lands within 7 points of the others.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes71%
Metacritic77/100
27 audience votes
Key crew
- Otto PremingerDirector
- N. Richard NashScreenplay
- Ken DarbyOriginal Music Composer
- George GershwinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Sidney PoitierPorgy
- Dorothy DandridgeBess
- Sammy Davis Jr.Sportin' Life
- Pearl BaileyMaria
- Brock PetersCrowne
- Diahann CarrollClara
- Leslie ScottJake
- Ruth AttawaySerena Robbins
- Claude AkinsDetective
- Clarence MusePeter
- Everdinne WilsonAnnie
- Ivan DixonJim
Stills
Themes
fishermanmusicalsouth carolinabased on operacharleston1900s