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.

Genre: Music, Drama, Romance

Stars: 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)

Country: United States of America

Language: English

Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Columbia Pictures

Runtime: 138 minutes

Quality: HD

Released: Jun 24, 1959

IMDb: 4.8

Keywords:fisherman, musical, south carolina, based on opera, charleston, 1900s

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