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Porgy and Bess

Porgy and Bess

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Jun 24, 1959 2h 18m
6.2
22 votes

Synopsis

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.

Title Porgy and Bess
Companies Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Columbia Pictures
Countries United States of America
Keywords fisherman, musical, south carolina, based on opera, charleston, 1900s