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Porgy and Bess

 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

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Release dates

US release date US release
24th June 1959
France release date France release
14th October 1959
Italy release date Italy release
17th December 1959

Certificates

US
Not Rated

12

12

PG

13

14

11

G

A

K-16

Total grosses

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Directed By

Director
Role
Otto Preminger
Directed By
Rouben Mamoulian
Directed By

Starring

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