1959· 138 min
Porgy and Bess
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Drama Musical Romance
6.1 / 10TMDB Score
Summary
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, Brock Peters
Tags
70mmGeorge GershwinGershwin Brothershard to findIra GershwinLibrary of CongressmusicmusicalNational Film Registryrare
