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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.
Robert Guillaume
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Melba Moore
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Linda Hopkins
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Rhetta Hughes
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Brandon Maggart
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Clarice Taylor
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P.L. Brown
Ensemble
Suzzanne Douglas
Ensemble
Pauletta Washington
Ensemble
Ted Ross
Ensemble
Otis Sallid
Ensemble
Luther Henderson
Orchestrator
Ossie Davis
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