Where to Watch Porgy and Bess Online

Yearning to watch 'Porgy and Bess' in the comfort of your own home? Discovering a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the Otto Preminger-directed movie via subscription can be confusing, so we here at Moviefone want to help you out.

We've listed a number of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'Porgy and Bess' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into all the details of how you can watch 'Porgy and Bess' right now, here are some specifics about the Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Columbia Pictures music flick.

Released June 24th, 1959, 'Porgy and Bess' stars Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr., Pearl Bailey The movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 18 min, and received a user score of 61 (out of 100) on TMDb, which collated reviews from 24 well-known users.

Interested in knowing what the movie's about? 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." .