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Porgy and Bess

1959
Directed byOtto Preminger
2h 18m

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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Sidney PoitierPorgyDorothy DandridgeBessSammy Davis Jr.
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MusicDramaRomance
STATUSReleased
RATING
6.1

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