Porgy and Bess
Release Date:
Jun 24, 1959
Runtime:
2h 18m
Genres:
Music, Drama, Romance
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.
Director:
Otto Preminger
Writer:
N. Richard Nash
Production:
Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Columbia Pictures
