Porgy and Bess
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Overview
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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Details
| Status: | Released |
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| Release Date: | 1959-06-24 |
| Budget: | $7,000,000 |
| Revenue: | $3,500,000 |
| Production: | Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Columbia Pictures |
