Porgy and Bess (1959)

6.1 | Jun 24, 1959 (US) | Music, Drama, Romance | 02:18

fisherman musical south carolina based on opera charleston 1900s

Budget: 7 000 000 | Revenue: 3 500 000

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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.