Porgy and Bess
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6.1(24 votes)
June 24, 1959
2h 18m
Overview
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 PremingerWriters
DuBose Heyward, Dorothy Heyward, N. Richard Nash
Budget
$7,000,000
Revenue
$3,500,000
