Where to Watch Porgy and Bess (1959)

Fancy watching 'Porgy and Bess' on your TV, phone, or tablet? Finding a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the Otto Preminger-directed movie via subscription can be difficult, so we here at Moviefone want to do the heavy lifting.

Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription alternatives - along with the availability of 'Porgy and Bess' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the fundamentals of how you can watch 'Porgy and Bess' right now, here are some finer points about the Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Columbia Pictures drama flick.

Released June 24th, 1959, 'Porgy and Bess' stars Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr., Pearl Bailey The movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 18 min, and received a user score of 61 (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from 24 top users.

Curious to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "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." .