Porgy and Bess 1959

Set in the early 1900s in the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina, which serves as home to a black fishing community, the story focuses on the titular characters, crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, and the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.

Cast:

Sidney Poitier
Porgy 

Dorothy Dandridge
Bess 

Sammy Davis Jr.
Sportin' Life 

Pearl Bailey
Maria 

Brock Peters
Crowne 

Diahann Carroll
Clara