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Porgy and Bess

1959 • 2h18m Music, Drama, Romance

Rating

6.1/10

Popularity

2

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.

Details

Director

Otto Preminger

Screenplay

N. Richard Nash

Cast

Sidney Poitier

Dorothy Dandridge

Sammy Davis Jr.

Release date

6/24/1959

Status

Released

Budget

$7,000,000

Revenue

$3,500,000

Origin country

US

Vote count

24