Purlie
6.5
4 votes
October 12, 1981
2h 22m
Drama
Music
Overview
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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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
IdellaL
Loretta Abbott
EnsembleB
Brenda Braxton
Ensemble
P.L. Brown
EnsembleO
Olivia Detante
Ensemble
Suzzanne Douglas
EnsembleC
Cisco Drayton
EnsembleT
Tanya Gibson
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