Porgy and Bess (1959)

06/24/1959 (US) • 2h 18m

Music, Drama, Romance

Introducing a new era in motion pictures!

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.


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$7,000,000.00

Revenue

$3,500,000.00

Keywords

fisherman

musical

south carolina

based on opera

charleston

1900s

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