Purlie
Drama | Music
Release Date
October 12, 1981
Duration
142 min
Status
Released
Language
en
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.
Casts
Purlie
Robert Guillaume
Lutiebelle
Melba Moore
Gitlow
Sherman Hemsley
Sister Hopkins
Linda Hopkins
Missy
Rhetta Hughes
Ol' Cap'n
Brandon Maggart
Charlie
Don Scardino
Idella
Clarice Taylor
Ensemble
Loretta Abbott
Ensemble
Brenda Braxton
Ensemble
P.L. Brown
Ensemble
Olivia Detante
Ensemble
Suzzanne Douglas
Ensemble
Cisco Drayton
Ensemble
Tanya Gibson
Ensemble
Michael Goring
Ensemble
Milt Grayson
Ensemble
Lawrence Hamilton
Ensemble
Clinton King Keen
Ensemble
Mildred Lane
Ensemble
Judy Leak
Ensemble
Eugene Little
Ensemble
Pauletta Washington
Ensemble
Lou Ann Pickett
Ensemble
Herbert Rawlings
Ensemble
Renee Rose
Ensemble
Ted Ross
Ensemble
Otis Sallid
Ensemble
Henry Shaw
Ensemble
Valerie Smith
Ensemble
Jeffery V. Thompson
Ensemble
Denessa Tobin
Ensemble
David Weatherspoon
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