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.
| Directing | Otto Preminger | Director |
| Writing | Dorothy Heyward | Theatre Play |
| Writing | DuBose Heyward | Theatre Play |
| Writing | N. Richard Nash | Screenplay |
| Production | Samuel Goldwyn | Producer |
| Sound | Ken Darby | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Leon Shamroy | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Daniel Mandell | Editor |
| Art | Oliver Smith | Production Design |
| Art | Howard Bristol | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Irene Sharaff | Costume Design |
| Sound | Fred Lau | Sound Designer |
| Art | Serge Krizman | Art Direction |
| Art | Joseph C. Wright | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Layne Britton | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frank McCoy | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Hermes Pan | Choreographer |
| Directing | Paul Helmick | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Fred Lau | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | George Gershwin | Songs |
| Writing | Ira Gershwin | Lyricist |
| Sound | George Gershwin | Original Music Composer |
