


“Introducing a new era in motion pictures!”
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.
Director
Otto Preminger
Writers
N. Richard Nash
Release Date
June 24, 1959
Runtime
2h 18m
Status
Released
Original Language
en
Vote Count
24
