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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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Music
Drama
Romance
Release Date

Jun 24, 1959

Duration: 2h 18 min

Popularity: 0.3774
24 votes
Directed by

Otto Preminger

Screenplay by

N. Richard Nash

Productions

Samuel Goldwyn Productions (US)Columbia Pictures (US)

Budget 7.0 M

3.5 M

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