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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- Robert GuillaumePurlie
- Melba MooreLutiebelle
- Sherman HemsleyGitlow
- Linda HopkinsSister Hopkins
- Rhetta HughesMissy
- Brandon MaggartOl' Cap'n
- Don ScardinoCharlie
- Clarice TaylorIdella
- Loretta AbbottEnsemble
- Brenda BraxtonEnsemble
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- Rudi GoldmanDirector
- John R. TierneyEditor
- Robert R. ThielProducer
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