Film
Porgy and Bess
1993 · 3h 4m · Music · Drama
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Overview
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
Willard White
Porgy
Cynthia Haymon
Bess
Gregg Baker
Crown
Cynthia Clarey
Serena
Marietta Simpson
Maria
Damon Evans
Sportin' Life
Paula Ingram
Clara / Annie (singing voice)
Gordon Hawkins
Jake
D. Alonzo Washington
Robbins
Mervin Wallace
Peter
Barrington Coleman
Mingo
William B. Johnson
Frazier
Camella Johnson
Strawberry Woman
Colenton Freeman
Nelson / Crabman
Yolanda Grant
Annie
Maureen Brathwaite
Lily
Crew
- Trevor NunnDirector
- DuBose HeywardWriter
- Dorothy HeywardWriter
- Greg SmithProducer
- Stephanie MarksProducer
- Richard PriceExecutive Producer
- Dennis MarksExecutive Producer
- Chris TownsendDirector of Photography
- George GershwinOriginal Music Composer
- St. John O'RorkeEditor
Details
- Release date
- October 6, 1993
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 3h 4m
- Genres
- Music, Drama
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