Porgy and Bess

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TitlePorgy and Bess
User score

6.1

Release dateJun 24, 1959
GenreMusic, Drama, Romance
DirectorOtto Preminger
Production countryUnited States of America
Production companiesSamuel Goldwyn Productions, Columbia Pictures
Budget$7,000,000
Revenue$3,500,000
Run time138 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.

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