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    Porgy and Bess

    Poster of the movie Porgy and Bess [1959]
    1959     Musical romantic drama    
    2h 18min

    A woman whose past is scorned by nearly everyone around her meets a man who would love her regardless, if only everyone else would allow them to.

    Directed byRouben Mamoulian, Otto Preminger
    Written byDorothy Heyward, DuBose Heyward, N. Richard Nash
    CompanyColumbia PicturesColumbia PicturesColumbia Pictures
    CountryUSA

    Awards

    1 Oscar
    + 3 nominations
    1 Golden Globe
    + 2 nominations

    Starring

    Sidney Poitier
    Dorothy Dandridge
    Sammy Davis Jr.
    Diahann Carroll
    Scatman Crothers
    Nichelle Nichols
    Pearl Bailey
    Brock Peters
    Leslie Scott
    Ruth Attaway
    Claude Akins
    Clarence Muse
    Everdinne Wilson
    Joel Fluellen
    Earl Jackson
    Moses LaMarr
    Margaret Hairston
    Ivan Dixon
    Antoine Durousseau
    Helen Thigpen
    Vince Townsend Jr.
    Bill Walker
    Roy Glenn
    Maurice Manson
    Adele Addison
    Maya Angelou
    Geoffrey Holder
    Inez Matthews
    Robert McFerrin
    Loulie Jean Norman
    Ron Townson

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