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Purlie

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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.

RATING

6.5

DIRECTOR

Rudi Goldman

COUNTRY

United States of America

RELEASE DATE

1981

TIME

2h 22m

GENRES

Drama

Music

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Robert Guillaume

Robert Guillaume

Purlie

Melba Moore

Lutiebelle

Sherman Hemsley

Sherman Hemsley

Gitlow

Linda Hopkins

Sister Hopkins

Rhetta Hughes

Missy

Brandon Maggart

Brandon Maggart

Ol' Cap'n

Don Scardino

Charlie

Clarice Taylor

Idella

Loretta Abbott

Ensemble

Brenda Braxton

Ensemble

P.L. Brown

Ensemble

Olivia Detante

Ensemble

Suzzanne Douglas

Suzzanne Douglas

Ensemble

Cisco Drayton

Ensemble

Tanya Gibson

Ensemble

Michael Goring

Ensemble

Milt Grayson

Ensemble

Lawrence Hamilton

Lawrence Hamilton

Ensemble

Clinton King Keen

Clinton King Keen

Ensemble

Mildred Lane

Ensemble

Judy Leak

Ensemble

Eugene Little

Ensemble

Pauletta Washington

Pauletta Washington

Ensemble

Lou Ann Pickett

Lou Ann Pickett

Ensemble

Herbert Rawlings

Herbert Rawlings

Ensemble

Renee Rose

Ensemble

Ted Ross

Ensemble

Otis Sallid

Ensemble

Henry Shaw

Ensemble

Valerie Smith

Ensemble

Jeffery V. Thompson

Jeffery V. Thompson

Ensemble

Denessa Tobin

Ensemble

David Weatherspoon

David Weatherspoon

Ensemble

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