Porgy and Bess

Name: Porgy and Bess
Director: Trevor Nunn
Genre: Music, Drama
Released: 1993-10-06
Duration: 184 min
Cast: Willard White, Cynthia Haymon, Gregg Baker, Cynthia Clarey, Marietta Simpson

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1993 · 184 min · Music · Drama · TMDB 7.2/10

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 Trevor Nunn

Cast

Willard White — Porgy
Cynthia Haymon — Bess
Gregg Baker — Crown
Cynthia Clarey — Serena
Marietta Simpson — Maria