Porgy and Bess (1959)
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.
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Writing:
Stars:
- Otto Preminger
Writing:
- N. Richard Nash
- Dorothy Heyward
- DuBose Heyward
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Release Date: 1959-06-24
6.2/10
- Country: US
- Language: English
- Runtime: 138
- Budget: $7,000,000