Porgy and Bess
- Released on
Music, Drama
•- Runtime
- 184 mins
(8 votes)
The story of a disabled beggar in Charleston,S.C. who falls in love with a prostitute, this is the first filmed version of Gershwin's opera which uses Gershwin's own orchestrations and practically all of the music, with only one major cut.
The story of a disabled beggar in Charleston,S.C. who falls in love with a prostitute, this is the first filmed version of Gershwin's opera which uses Gershwin's own orchestrations and practically all of the music, with only one major cut.
Cast
- Willard White
- Cynthia Haymon
- Gregg Baker
- Cynthia Clarey
- Marietta Simpson
- Damon Evans
- Paula Ingram
- Gordon Hawkins
- D. Alonzo Washington
- Mervin Wallace
- Barrington Coleman
- William B. Johnson
- Camella Johnson
- Colenton Freeman
- Yolanda Grant
- Maureen Brathwaite
- Curtis Watson
- Autris Paige
- Linda Thompson
- Andrez Harriott
- Wayne Marshall
- Bruce Hubbard
- Harolyn Blackwell
- Johnny Worthy
- Alan Tilvern
- Ted Maynard
- Billy J. Mitchell
- Ron Travis
- Steve Agyei
- Bruce Leader
- Antonia Adellita
- Earlene Bentley
- Alison Buchanan
- Sheelagh Ferrell
- Pauline Forrest-Watson
- Anne Fridal
- Olive Murray
- Annabelle Williams
- Angela Caesar
- Denise Hector
- Hyacinth Nicholls
- Ademilola Oduwole
- Kay Maria Smith
- Feliziano Flores
- Trevor Michael Georges
- Tarcissius Januel
- Lloyd Newton
- Richie Pitts
- Ismail Taylor-Kamara
- Ronald Samm
- Louis De Costa Johnson
- John Harman
- Abraham Osuagwu
- Nigel Roche
- Marc Summers
- Ewart James Walters
Director
- Trevor Nunn
Producers
- Greg Smith
- Stephanie Marks
