About Porgy and Bess
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.
Movie details
- Release date
- 1959-06-24
- Runtime
- 2h 18m
- Genres
- Music, Drama, Romance
- Rating
- 6.3/10 (26 votes)
- Language
- EN
- Country
- United States of America
- Director
- Otto Preminger
- Writer
- N. Richard Nash
Cast
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