Porgy and Bess (1959)

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This adaptation of the famous play/opera concerns life in a black neighborhood known as "Catfish Row" in Charleston, SC.

GENRE: Musical , Romance
MPAA RATING: No Rating
RUN TIME: 138 minutes
RELEASE DATE: June 24, 1959
STARRING: Sidney Poitier , Dorothy Dandridge , Sammy Davis Jr. , Pearl Bailey , Brock Peters
DIRECTOR(S): Otto Preminger
PRODUCER(S): Samuel Goldwyn
WRITER(S): Dorothy Heyward, DuBose Heyward, N. Richard Nash
STUDIO: Columbia Pictures
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