Porgy and Bess

Porgy and Bess

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19592h 18minMusic MoviesEnglish
6.2

Plot

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.

WriterDorothy Heyward
DirectorOtto Preminger
ActorSidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr.
CountryUnited States of America
ProductionSamuel Goldwyn Productions