NR · 138 min
Porgy and Bess
Directed by Otto Preminger
Starring Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge
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...
Release
Jun 24, 1959
Type
Limited
Budget
$7M
Breakeven
$17.5M(2.5x)
Gross
$3,500,000
Profit
-$14,000,000
The Goldwyn Touch!...more dramatic than ever before!
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
Jun 24, 1959
Type
Limited
Budget
$7M
Breakeven
$17.5M(2.5x)
Gross
$3,500,000
Profit
-$14,000,000
NR · 138 min