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Porgy and Bess

"The Goldwyn Touch!...more dramatic than ever before!"

6.3/ 10 · 0K votes
1959-06-24
2h 18m
EN
Released

Storyline

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.

Budget

$7M

Box Office

$4M

Production

Samuel Goldwyn ProductionsSamuel Goldwyn Productions

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