Cast (15)

Sidney Poitier

Porgy

Dorothy Dandridge

Bess

Sammy Davis Jr.

Sportin' Life

Pearl Bailey

Maria

Brock Peters

Crowne

Diahann Carroll

Clara

Leslie Scott

Jake

Ruth Attaway

Serena Robbins

Claude Akins

Detective

Clarence Muse

Peter

Everdinne Wilson

Annie

Ivan Dixon

Jim

Scatman Crothers

Crabman

Maya Angelou

Dancer

Nichelle Nichols

Dancer

Crew (22)

Irene Sharaff

Costume Design

DuBose Heyward

Theatre Play

Dorothy Heyward

Theatre Play

Samuel Goldwyn

Producer

Ken Darby

Original Music Composer

Howard Bristol

Set Decoration

Oliver Smith

Production Design

Fred Lau

Sound Designer

Leon Shamroy

Director of Photography

Daniel Mandell

Editor

N. Richard Nash

Screenplay

Otto Preminger

Director

Joseph C. Wright

Art Direction

Layne Britton

Makeup Artist

Hermes Pan

Choreographer

Paul Helmick

Assistant Director

Serge Krizman

Art Direction

Frank McCoy

Makeup Artist

George Gershwin

Songs

George Gershwin

Original Music Composer

Ira Gershwin

Lyricist

Fred Lau

Sound Recordist