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1959 | DIRECTED BY OTTO PREMINGER AND ROUBEN MAMOULIAN

Porgy and Bess

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Movie Stats
Year
1959
Runtime
 138 minutes (2 hrs 18 mins)
Certificates

A

Not Rated

11

A

12
Select Cast
Sidney Poitier
Dorothy Dandridge
Sammy Davis Jr.
Pearl Bailey
Brock Peters
Leslie Scott
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First viewed:
3rd Nov 2025
Last viewed:
8th May 2026
Total views:
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Release Dates
US release date
 US release
24th June 1959
67 years 1 months 21 days ago
France release date
 France
14th October 1959
66 years 10 months 1 days ago
Italy release date
 Italy
17th December 1959
66 years 7 months 29 days ago
Hong Kong release date
 Hong Kong
26th May 1960
66 years 2 months 20 days ago
Australia release date
 Australia
10th June 1960
66 years 2 months 5 days ago
Sweden release date
 Sweden
2nd July 1960
66 years 1 months 13 days ago
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Directed by
otto preminger Otto Preminger
rouben mamoulian Rouben Mamoulian
Starring
Sidney PoitierPorgy
Dorothy DandridgeBess
Sammy Davis Jr.Sportin' Life
Pearl BaileyMaria
Brock PetersCrown
Leslie ScottJake
Diahann CarrollClara
Ruth AttawaySerena Robbins
Claude AkinsDetective
Clarence MusePeter
Everdinne WilsonAnnie
Joel FluellenRobbins
Earl JacksonMingo
Moses La'MarrNelson
Margaret HairstonLily
Ivan DixonJim
Antoine DurousseauScipio
Helen ThigpenStrawberry woman
Vince Townsend Jr.Elderly man
Bill WalkerUndertaker
Roy GlennFrazier
Maurice MansonCoroner
Scatman CrothersCrabman
Adele AddisonBess
Maya AngelouDancer
Geoffrey HolderDancer
Inez MatthewsSerena
Robert McFerrinPorgy
Nichelle NicholsDancer
Loulie Jean NormanClara
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Genres
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Musical
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Romance
Romance
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