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Porgy
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Set in the early 1900s in the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina, which serves as home to a black fishing community, the story focuses on the titular characters, crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, and the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.
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| Release Date | 1959-06-24 |
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| Runtime | 2h 18m |
| Directors | Otto Preminger, Leon Shamroy, Paul Helmick |
| Producer | Samuel Goldwyn |
| Writers | Dorothy Heyward, DuBose Heyward, N. Richard Nash, Ira Gershwin |
