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Porgy and Bess starring Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr., Pearl Bailey has a Not Rated rating, a runtime of about 2 hr 18 min, and a scheduled release date of June 24th, 1959.
It received a user score of 61/100 on TMDb, which collated reviews from 24 knowledgeable users.
Want the short version of the plot? Here's the plot: "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." .
'Porgy and Bess' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on June 24th, 1959









