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Purlie
1981, Oct 12
2h 22m
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.
Directed by
Rudi Goldman
Ossie Davis
Robert Guillaume
Purlie
Sherman Hemsley
Gitlow
Melba Moore
Lutiebelle
Ted Ross
Ensemble
Suzzanne Douglas
Ensemble
Brandon Maggart
Ol' Cap'n
P.L. Brown
Ensemble
Clarice Taylor
Idella
Linda Hopkins
Sister Hopkins
Brenda Braxton
Ensemble
Pauletta Washington
Ensemble
Rhetta Hughes
Missy
Luther Henderson
Loretta Abbott
Ensemble
Olivia Detante
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
Lou Ann Pickett
Ensemble
Herbert Rawlings
Ensemble
Renee Rose
Ensemble
Henry Shaw
Ensemble
Valerie Smith
Ensemble
Jeffery V. Thompson
Ensemble
Denessa Tobin
Ensemble
David Weatherspoon
Ensemble
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