Porgy and Bess
Porgy and Bess
“ The Goldwyn Touch!...more dramatic than ever before! ”
CINEMA1959-06-24
RegionUS
Runtime138 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Storyline
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 / Director
Otto Preminger
KEYWORDS
fishermansouth carolinabased on operacharleston1900s
