Porgy and Bess (1959)

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

Music Drama Romance

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.

Duration

138 min

Rating

⭐ 6.3 / 10

Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 24, 1959

Languages

English

Production

Samuel Goldwyn Productions