Porgy and Bess
Otto Preminger | United States of America
June 24, 1959 | 138m
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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.
Credits
| Sidney Poitier | Porgy |
| Dorothy Dandridge | Bess |
| Sammy Davis Jr. | Sportin' Life |
| Pearl Bailey | Maria |
| Brock Peters | Crowne |
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Keywords
fishermanmusicalsouth carolinabased on operacharleston1900s
