Cast
- Sidney Poitier as Porgy
- Dorothy Dandridge as Bess
- Sammy Davis Jr. as Sportin' Life
- Pearl Bailey as Maria
- Brock Peters as Crown
- Diahann Carroll as Clara
- Ruth Attaway as Serena Robbins
- Claude Akins as Detective
- Clarence Muse as Peter
- Ivan Dixon as Jim
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