Genres
Duration
142 min
Director
Rudi Goldman
Rating
5.3
Release Date
October 12, 1981
Purlie
Original title: Purlie
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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.
Purlie cast
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Robert Guillaume
Character:
Purlie
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Melba Moore
Character:
Lutiebelle
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Sherman Hemsley
Character:
Gitlow
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Linda Hopkins
Character:
Sister Hopkins
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Rhetta Hughes
Character:
Missy
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Brandon Maggart
Character:
Ol' Cap'n
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Don Scardino
Character:
Charlie
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Clarice Taylor
Character:
Idella
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Loretta Abbott
Character:
Ensemble
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Brenda Braxton
Character:
Ensemble
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P.L. Brown
Character:
Ensemble
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Olivia Detante
Character:
Ensemble
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Suzzanne Douglas
Character:
Ensemble
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Cisco Drayton
Character:
Ensemble
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Tanya Gibson
Character:
Ensemble
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Michael Goring
Character:
Ensemble
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Milt Grayson
Character:
Ensemble
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Lawrence Hamilton
Character:
Ensemble
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Clinton King Keen
Character:
Ensemble
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Mildred Lane
Character:
Ensemble
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Judy Leak
Character:
Ensemble
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Eugene Little
Character:
Ensemble
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Pauletta Washington
Character:
Ensemble
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Lou Ann Pickett
Character:
Ensemble
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Herbert Rawlings
Character:
Ensemble
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Renee Rose
Character:
Ensemble
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Ted Ross
Character:
Ensemble
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Otis Sallid
Character:
Ensemble
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Henry Shaw
Character:
Ensemble
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Valerie Smith
Character:
Ensemble
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Jeffery V. Thompson
Character:
Ensemble
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Denessa Tobin
Character:
Ensemble
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David Weatherspoon
Character:
Ensemble
