Porgy and Bess(1959)
06/24/1959 (US)Music, Drama, Romance2h 18m
6.1
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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.
N. Richard Nash
Screenplay
Otto Preminger
Director
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Porgy and Bess and Ben-Hur Win Music Awards: 1960 Oscars
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