Porgy and Bess

Synopsis

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.

Director

Otto Preminger

Written by

N. Richard Nash

Music

Ken Darby

Studio

Samuel Goldwyn Productions

Released

24 June 1959

Genres

Music, Drama, Romance