Porgy and Bess

Release Date: 1959-06-24

Runtime: 138

Languages: English

Rating: 6.1

Votes: 24

Genres: Music | Drama | Romance

Director: Otto Preminger

Description: 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 th...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.Read More

Production Companies:

Samuel Goldwyn Productions

Columbia Pictures