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Porgy and Bess 1959

Synopsis:

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.

Directed by: Otto Preminger
Written by: N. Richard Nash
Runtime: 138 minutes
Critics score:
83 / 100
Tagline: Introducing a new era in motion pictures!
Cast:
Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier
Porgy 
Dorothy Dandridge
Dorothy Dandridge
Bess 
Sammy Davis Jr.
Sammy Davis Jr.
Sportin' Life 
Pearl Bailey
Pearl Bailey
Maria 
Brock Peters
Brock Peters
Crowne 
Diahann Carroll
Diahann Carroll
Clara 
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