Porgy and Bess
Porgy and Bess
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.
Country: US
Genre: Music, Drama, Romance
Release: 1959-06-24
Director: Otto Preminger
Production: Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr., Pearl Bailey, Brock Peters
Tagline: The Goldwyn Touch!...more dramatic than ever before!
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