Porgy and Bess
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6.2%
1959-06-24
|Music, Drama, Romance
Runtime: 138 minutes
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.
Featured Crew
Samuel Goldwyn
Producer
Otto Preminger
Director