Porgy and Bess
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6/24/1959Runtime
138 minsOverview
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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EnglishBudget
$7,000,000Revenue
$3,500,000Homepage
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A grand, theatrical love story set in a tight-knit fishing community struggling against poverty and circumstance. The film unfolds like a stage opera transposed to cinema, with soaring musical moments punctuating intimate human drama.
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