Porgy and Bess (1959)

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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.

Otto Preminger 138 min United States of America

DirectorOtto Preminger

CastBrock Peters, Diahann Carroll, Dorothy Dandridge, Pearl Bailey, Sammy Davis Jr., Sidney Poitier

CountryUnited States of America

Duration138 min