Porgy and Bess

1959

2h 18m

IMDb RATING
6.1/10
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Music
Drama
Romance

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.

Writers

DuBose Heyward(theatre play by)
Dorothy Heyward(theatre play by)
N. Richard Nash(screenplay by)

Writers

DuBose Heyward(theatre play by)
Dorothy Heyward(theatre play by)
N. Richard Nash(screenplay by)

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Release date

June 24, 1959 (United States)

Country of origin

United States of America

Language

English

Production company

Samuel Goldwyn Productions

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Box office

Budget

$7,000,000

Gross worldwide

$3,500,000

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