Porgy and Bess (1959)Stream and Watch Online

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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 62 (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from 22 respected 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." .