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Porgy and Bess

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1959

138 minutes (2 hrs 18 mins)

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Directed by

Otto Preminger · Rouben Mamoulian

Starring

Sidney Poitier · Dorothy Dandridge · Sammy Davis Jr. · Pearl Bailey · Brock Peters · Leslie Scott

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Release dates

US release date

US release: 24th June 1959

France release date

France release: 14th October 1959

Italy release date

Italy release: 17th December 1959

Certificates

US
Not Rated

PG

A

K-16

14

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