In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, loves the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.

Eric Owens
as Porgy

Laquita Mitchell
as Bess

Lester Lynch
as Crown

Chauncey Packer
as Sportin' Life

Karen Slack
as Serena

Angel Blue
as Clara

Alteouise DeVaughn
as Maria

Eric Greene
as Jake

Michael Bragg
as Mingo

Malesha Jessie
as Annie