Porgy and Bess

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Drama
Music

Overview

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.

Details

Status: Released
Release date: October 6, 1993
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: BBC
Cast: Willard White,Cynthia Haymon,Gregg Baker,Cynthia Clarey,Marietta Simpson,Damon Evans,Paula Ingram,Gordon Hawkins,D. Alonzo Washington,Mervin Wallaceand 46 more
Director: Trevor Nunn
Writer: DuBose Heyward,Dorothy Heyward,Ira Gershwin,Trevor Nunn,Yves Baigneres
Producer: Greg Smith,Stephanie Marks,Richard Price,Dennis Marks
Cinematography: Chris Townsend
Music: George Gershwin
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt0107854