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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.
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Pursuit Of JusticeForbidden LoveUnrequited LoveRedemption ArcLove TriangleOvercoming Personal DemonsMoral DilemmasEscape From Oppression
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Directed by: Otto Preminger, Leon Shamroy, Paul Helmick
Produced by: Samuel Goldwyn
Composed by: Ken Darby, George Gershwin
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