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.
Details
- Director
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 12, 1981
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
Production
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
Suzzanne DouglasEnsemble- Cisco DraytonEnsemble
- Tanya GibsonEnsemble
- Michael GoringEnsemble
- Milt GraysonEnsemble
- Lawrence HamiltonEnsemble
- Clinton King KeenEnsemble
- Mildred LaneEnsemble
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