
Porgy and Bess
"Introducing a new era in motion pictures!"
1959
3.1
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.
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1959
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.
- director
- Otto Preminger
- cast
- Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr., Pearl Bailey
- runtime
- 2 hr 18 mins
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