Porgy and Bess

PORGY AND BESS

1959 RATING: 6.1
STARRING:
Sidney Poitier
Dorothy Dandridge
Sammy Davis Jr.
Pearl Bailey
Brock Peters
Diahann Carroll
Leslie Scott

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 the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.

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STATUS Released
RUNTIME 138 MIN
BUDGET $7.0M
REVENUE $3.5M
STUDIO Samuel Goldwyn Productions

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