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1959 | DIRECTED BY OTTO PREMINGER AND ROUBEN MAMOULIAN

Porgy and Bess

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Year
1959

Runtime
138 minutes (2 hrs 18 mins)

Certificates

A

Not Rated

K-16

12

11

Director and Primary Cast

Director
Otto Preminger

Director
Rouben Mamoulian

Sidney Poitier

Dorothy Dandridge

Sammy Davis Jr.

Pearl Bailey

Brock Peters

Leslie Scott

Full cast and crew

First viewed:
5th Jul 2024

Last viewed:
5th Jul 2024

Release Dates

UK release date

UK release
2nd October 1962

61 years 9 months 3 days ago

US release date

US release
24th June 1959

65 years 11 days ago

France release date

France
14th October 1959

64 years 8 months 22 days ago

Italy release date

Italy
17th December 1959

64 years 6 months 19 days ago

Hong Kong release date

Hong Kong
26th May 1960

64 years 1 months 10 days ago

Box Office Breakdown

UK Release

Release: 2nd Oct '62
No UK box office data

US Box Office

Release: No US cinema release.

Global Release

Release: 14th Oct '59

France

No other global box office data

Global Box Office Release Breakdown

France release date: 14th October 1959
Italy release date: 17th December 1959
Hong Kong release date: 26th May 1960
Australia release date: 10th June 1960
Sweden release date: 2nd July 1960
Denmark release date: 19th August 1960
Netherlands release date: 23rd September 1960
Argentina release date: 18th October 1960
Japan release date: 15th March 1961
Finland release date: 1st September 1961
UK release date: 2nd October 1962
Mexico release date: 25th February 1965
East Germany release date: 8th October 1965