Porgy and Bess

Name: Porgy and Bess
Genre: Music, Drama, Romance
Released: 24 Jun 1959
Rating: 6.10
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr., Pearl Bailey, Brock Peters

Introducing a new era in motion pictures! 1959-06-24 United States of America 138 minutes.

6.10 24 votes

Music Drama Romance fisherman musical south carolina based on opera charleston 1900s

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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.

Year 1959

Studio Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Columbia Pictures

Director Otto Preminger

Crew Irene Sharaff (Costume Design), DuBose Heyward (Theatre Play), Dorothy Heyward (Theatre Play), Samuel Goldwyn (Producer), Ken Darby (Original Music Composer), Howard Bristol (Set Decoration)

Popularity 2

Language English