1981

PURLIE

Drama

Music

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.

Director: Rudi Goldman

Runtime: 142 minutes

Budget: $0

Box Office: $0

Vote Average: 70

1981

PURLIE

Overview

Cast

Robert Guillaume

Melba Moore

Sherman Hemsley

Linda Hopkins

Rhetta Hughes

Brandon Maggart

Don Scardino

Clarice Taylor

Loretta Abbott

Brenda Braxton

P.L. Brown

Olivia Detante

Suzzanne Douglas

Cisco Drayton

Tanya Gibson

Michael Goring

Milt Grayson

Lawrence Hamilton

Clinton King Keen

Mildred Lane

Judy Leak

Eugene Little

Pauletta Washington

Lou Ann Pickett

Herbert Rawlings

Renee Rose

Ted Ross

Otis Sallid

Henry Shaw

Valerie Smith

Jeffery V. Thompson

Denessa Tobin

David Weatherspoon

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