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    Purlie

    142'

    1981-10-12

    6.5

    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.

    WritingOssie DavisDirectingPhilip Rose

    Cast

    2

    Purlie

    Robert Guillaume

    1

    Lutiebelle

    Melba Moore

    1

    Gitlow

    Sherman Hemsley

    1

    Sister Hopkins

    Linda Hopkins

    1

    Missy

    Rhetta Hughes

    1

    Ol' Cap'n

    Brandon Maggart

    1

    Charlie

    Don Scardino

    1

    Idella

    Clarice Taylor

    1

    Ensemble

    Loretta Abbott

    1

    Ensemble

    Brenda Braxton

    1

    Ensemble

    P.L. Brown

    1

    Ensemble

    Olivia Detante

    1

    Ensemble

    Suzzanne Douglas

    1

    Ensemble

    Cisco Drayton

    1

    Ensemble

    Tanya Gibson

    1

    Ensemble

    Michael Goring

    1

    Ensemble

    Milt Grayson

    1

    Ensemble

    Lawrence Hamilton

    1

    Ensemble

    Clinton King Keen

    1

    Ensemble

    Mildred Lane

    1

    Ensemble

    Judy Leak

    1

    Ensemble

    Eugene Little

    1

    Ensemble

    Pauletta Washington

    1

    Ensemble

    Lou Ann Pickett

    1

    Ensemble

    Herbert Rawlings

    1

    Ensemble

    Renee Rose

    1

    Ensemble

    Ted Ross

    1

    Ensemble

    Otis Sallid

    1

    Ensemble

    Henry Shaw

    1

    Ensemble

    Valerie Smith

    1

    Ensemble

    Jeffery V. Thompson

    1

    Ensemble

    Denessa Tobin

    1

    Ensemble

    David Weatherspoon

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. United States of America
    • List of languages:
      1. English
    • List of companies:
      1. CBS Productions
      2. Showtime Networks
    • Vote Count: 4
    • Popularity: 0.3674
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:Purlie

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