Purlie (1981)
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.
- Date of release
- 1981-10-12
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 2h 22m
- Genres
- Drama, Music
- Director
- Rudi Goldman
Casting
- 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 — Ensemble
- Olivia Detante — Ensemble
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