Screenplay:
N. Richard NashCinematography:
Leon ShamroyCast:
Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr., Pearl Bailey, Brock Peters, Diahann Carroll, Clarence Muse, Ivan Dixon, Claude Akins, Nichelle Nichols (more)Plots(1)
In this legendary Gershwin opera set among the black residents of a fishing village in 1912 South Carolina, Bess – a woman with a disreputable history – tries to break free from her brutish lover Crown after he becomes wanted for murder. (MUBI)
Cast
![Sidney Poitier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/387/164387863_857bca.png)
Sidney Poitier
USA
Best movies:
A Patch of Blue (1965)
To Sir, with Love (1967)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
![Dorothy Dandridge](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269397_520220.jpg)
Dorothy Dandridge
USA
Best movies:
A Day at the Races (1937)
Porgy and Bess (1959)
Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
![Sammy Davis Jr.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267962_3f28de.jpg)
Sammy Davis Jr.
USA
Best movies:
Heidi's Song (1982)
Porgy and Bess (1959)
Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
![Pearl Bailey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/765/157765217_9693a6.jpg)
Pearl Bailey
USA
Best movies:
The Fox and the Hound (1981)
Porgy and Bess (1959)
Carmen Jones (1954)
![Brock Peters](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274178_05ad6b.jpg)
Brock Peters
USA
Best movies:
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
![Diahann Carroll](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/113/163113556_d497fb.jpg)
Diahann Carroll
USA
Best movies:
Goodbye Again (1961)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
The Split (1968)
![Clarence Muse](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/540/162540402_9d38d0.jpg)
Clarence Muse
USA
Best movies:
Double Indemnity (1944)
Love Crazy (1941)
Scarlet Street (1945)
![Ivan Dixon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/279/158279863_309c97.jpg)
Ivan Dixon
USA
Best movies:
A Patch of Blue (1965)
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Porgy and Bess (1959)
![Claude Akins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247437_b2068f.jpg)
Claude Akins
USA
Best movies:
Inherit the Wind (1960)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Rio Bravo (1959)
![Nichelle Nichols](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/039/166039533_573f9e.jpg)
Nichelle Nichols
USA
Best movies:
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Porgy and Bess (1959)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Maya Angelou
USA
Best movies:
Roots (1977) (series)
Porgy and Bess (1959)
Poetic Justice (1993)
![Geoffrey Holder](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/456/456189_650077.jpg)
Geoffrey Holder
Best movies:
Maurice Manson
Canada
Best movies:
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
The Wrong Man (1956)
The Chase (1966)
![Bill Walker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/025/161025493_83d3bc.jpg)
Bill Walker
USA
Best movies:
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
Columbo: Ransom for a Dead Man (1971) (TV movie)
Roy Glenn
USA
Best movies:
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Finian's Rainbow (1968)
![Joel Fluellen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/032/161032807_6ad03d.jpg)
Joel Fluellen
USA
Best movies:
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Ruth Attaway
USA
Best movies:
Being There (1979)
Porgy and Bess (1959)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)