Purlie

6.5 1981 142 min
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 prea…

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Director
Rudi Goldman

Cast

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Robert Guillaume Purlie
Melba Moore Lutiebelle
Sherman Hemsley Gitlow
Linda Hopkins Sister Hopkins
Rhetta Hughes Missy
Brandon Maggart Ol' Cap'n
Don Scardino Charlie
Clarice Taylor Idella
Loretta Abbott Ensemble
Brenda Braxton Ensemble
P.L. Brown Ensemble
Olivia Detante Ensemble
Suzzanne Douglas Ensemble
Cisco Drayton Ensemble
Tanya Gibson Ensemble
Michael Goring Ensemble
Milt Grayson Ensemble
Lawrence Hamilton Ensemble

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