Porgy and Bess (1993)

7.2/10 • 184 min • Music Drama

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.

Cast

Willard White

Cynthia Haymon

Cynthia Clarey

Marietta Simpson

Damon Evans

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Barrington Coleman

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