Porgy and Bess
Movie| Title | Porgy and Bess |
| User score | 6.1 |
| Release date | Jun 24, 1959 |
| Genre | Music, Drama, Romance |
| Director | Otto Preminger |
| Production country | United States of America |
| Production companies | Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Columbia Pictures |
| Budget | $7,000,000 |
| Revenue | $3,500,000 |
| Run time | 138 min. |
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.
