Porgy and Bess

Porgy and Bess (1959)

The Goldwyn Touch!...more dramatic than ever before!

138 min★ 6.9 · 2,135 votes

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.

Release date
June 24, 1959
Country of origin
United States
Music
George Gershwin
Budget
$7,000,000
Box office
$3,500,000

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Trailer

Soundtrack

Songs from the moviePorgy And Bess1959 · 10 tracks
  1. Summertime · Diahann Carroll And The André Previn Trio2:43
  2. My Man's Gone Now · Diahann Carroll And The André Previn Trio4:08
  3. I Got Plenty O' Nuttin · Diahann Carroll And The André Previn Trio2:51
  4. Porgy, I Is Your Woman (Bess, You Is My Woman) · Diahann Carroll And The André Previn Trio4:35
  5. Oh, I Can't Sit Down · Diahann Carroll And The André Previn Trio3:08
  6. It Ain't Necessary So · Diahann Carroll And The André Previn Trio3:21
  7. What You Want Wid Bess · Diahann Carroll And The André Previn Trio3:12
  8. I Loves You Porgy · Diahann Carroll And The André Previn Trio3:17
  9. There's Somebody Knockin' · Diahann Carroll And The André Previn Trio3:04
  10. There's A Boat That's Leavin' Soon For New York · Diahann Carroll And The André Previn Trio3:22

Cast

Crew