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.
Year: 1959
Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Columbia Pictures
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr., Pearl Bailey, Brock Peters, Diahann Carroll
Crew: Otto Preminger (Director), Dorothy Heyward (Theatre Play), DuBose Heyward (Theatre Play), N. Richard Nash (Screenplay), Samuel Goldwyn (Producer), Ken Darby (Original Music Composer)
Runtime: 138 minutes
Release: Jun 24, 1959
IMDb: 6.10/10 by 24 users
Popularity: 3
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Budget: 7
Revenue: 3
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