Purlie

Purlie (1981)

Drama Music

Purlie is a musical based on Ossie Davis' 1961 play Purlie Victorious. In the early days of the civil rights movement, a Southern plantation owner holds his sharecroppers in virtual slavery. Purlie comes home as a preacher who will shake things up and bring freedom to his people. This 1981 television adaptation won a CableACE Award.

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  • Release Date: 1981-10-12
  • Runtime: 2h 22min
  • Director: Rudi Goldman

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Cast

  • Robert Guillaume

    Purlie

  • Melba Moore

    Lutiebelle

  • Sherman Hemsley

    Gitlow

  • Linda Hopkins

    Sister Hopkins

  • Rhetta Hughes

    Missy

  • Brandon Maggart

    Ol' Cap'n

  • Don Scardino

    Charlie

  • Clarice Taylor

    Idella

  • Loretta Abbott

    Ensemble

  • Brenda Braxton

    Ensemble

  • P.L. Brown

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  • Olivia Detante

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  • Suzzanne Douglas

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  • Cisco Drayton

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  • Tanya Gibson

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  • Michael Goring

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  • Milt Grayson

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  • Lawrence Hamilton

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  • Clinton King Keen

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  • Mildred Lane

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  • Judy Leak

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  • Eugene Little

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  • Pauletta Washington

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  • Lou Ann Pickett

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  • Herbert Rawlings

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  • Renee Rose

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  • Ted Ross

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  • Otis Sallid

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  • Henry Shaw

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  • Valerie Smith

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  • Jeffery V. Thompson

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  • Denessa Tobin

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  • David Weatherspoon

    Ensemble

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