IMDb
Original Title
Porgy and Bess
Status
Released
Production Companies
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Original Language
EN
Budget
$7,000,000
Revenue
$3,500,000
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
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English
