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Porgy and Bess

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

1959 138 min 6.1

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.

Details

Status: Released
Release Date: 1959-06-24
Budget: $7,000,000
Revenue: $3,500,000
Production: Samuel Goldwyn Productions