Storyline
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.
Movie Details
DirectorOtto Preminger
Release Date1959-06-24
Runtime138 minutes
StatusReleased
Featured Cast & Crew
Sidney Poitier
Porgy
Dorothy Dandridge
Bess
Sammy Davis Jr.
Sportin' Life
