Porgy and Bess

1080p 138 min 1959 Published on, 1 year ago

6.4

Set in the early 1900s in the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina, which serves as home to a black fishing community, the story focuses on the titular characters, crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, and the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.

Country

United States

Genre

Music Drama Romance

Released

24 Jun, 1959

Main Cast

Sidney Poitier , Dorothy Dandridge , Sammy Davis Jr. , Pearl Bailey , Brock Peters

Supporting Cast

Diahann Carroll , Leslie Scott , Ruth Attaway , Claude Akins , Clarence Muse

fisherman south carolina based on opera charleston 1900s