Porgy and Bess

Name: Porgy and Bess
Released: 1959-06-24

1959· NR· 2h 18m· Drama· Music· Romance

“The Goldwyn Touch!...more dramatic than ever before!”

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.

1959-06-24

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Key Crew

DirectorOtto Preminger

ScreenplayN. Richard Nash

ProducerSamuel Goldwyn

Director of PhotographyLeon Shamroy

Original Music ComposerGeorge Gershwin

EditorDaniel Mandell

Full cast & crew (15 cast · 24 crew)

Details

Released1959-06-24

Runtime2h 18m · NR

StatusReleased

StudiosSamuel Goldwyn Productions

Budget$7M

Box office$4M

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited States of America

Rating6.3/10 · 26 votes

Original languageen

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