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Movie, 1959

Porgy and Bess

IMDb 6.3, 138 min, Music, Drama, Romance, United States of America

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.

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DirectorOtto Preminger
WritersDorothy Heyward, DuBose Heyward, N. Richard Nash, Ira Gershwin
GenreMusic, Drama, Romance
Runtime138 min
ReleasedWed, Jun 24, 1959
CountryUnited States of America
IMDBtt0053182

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