
Porgy and Bess
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.
- Year: 1970
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Drama, Romance
- Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Phoenix Pictures
- Keyword: musical, based on play or musical, poverty row, romantic drama
- Director: Dee Rees
- Cast: