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Purlie

Purlie1981

★6.5142 minDramaMusic

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.

Director

Score

Stars

Robert Guillaume Melba Moore Sherman Hemsley

Cast33

Robert Guillaume
as Purlie
Melba Moore
as Lutiebelle
Sherman Hemsley
as Gitlow
Linda Hopkins
as Sister Hopkins
Rhetta Hughes
as Missy
Brandon Maggart
as Ol' Cap'n
Don Scardino
as Charlie
Clarice Taylor
as Idella
L
Loretta Abbott
as Ensemble
B
Brenda Braxton
as Ensemble
P.L. Brown
as Ensemble
O
Olivia Detante
as Ensemble
Suzzanne Douglas
as Ensemble
C
Cisco Drayton
as Ensemble
T
Tanya Gibson
as Ensemble
M
Michael Goring
as Ensemble
M
Milt Grayson
as Ensemble
L
Lawrence Hamilton
as Ensemble
C
Clinton King Keen
as Ensemble
M
Mildred Lane
as Ensemble
J
Judy Leak
as Ensemble
E
Eugene Little
as Ensemble
Pauletta Washington
as Ensemble
L
Lou Ann Pickett
as Ensemble
H
Herbert Rawlings
as Ensemble
R
Renee Rose
as Ensemble
Ted Ross
as Ensemble
Otis Sallid
as Ensemble
H
Henry Shaw
as Ensemble
V
Valerie Smith
as Ensemble
J
Jeffery V. Thompson
as Ensemble
D
Denessa Tobin
as Ensemble
D
David Weatherspoon
as Ensemble

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