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Porgy and Bess 1959

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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