Porgy and Bess

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Released: Jun 24, 1959

Runtime: 2h 18m

Rating: ⭐ 6.1 / 10

Music Drama Romance

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.