Film · 1981
Purlie
2h 22mDirected by Rudi Goldman
- Drama
- Music
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.
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Cast
Robert GuillaumePurlie
Melba MooreLutiebelle
Sherman HemsleyGitlow
Linda HopkinsSister Hopkins
Rhetta HughesMissy
Brandon MaggartOl' Cap'n
Don ScardinoCharlie
Clarice TaylorIdella- Loretta AbbottEnsemble
- Brenda BraxtonEnsemble
P.L. BrownEnsemble- Olivia DetanteEnsemble
Details
- Director
- Rudi Goldman
- Editor
- John R. Tierney
- Producer
- Robert R. Thiel
- Release
- October 12, 1981
- Runtime
- 2h 22m
- Language
- English
- Studio
- CBS Productions, Showtime Networks
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