Porgy and Bess

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1959 · 138 min · NR · Music · Drama · Romance · TMDB 6.3/10

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.

Directed by Otto Preminger

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