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Purlie
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.
- Original title
- Purlie
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- —
- Revenue
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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
P.L. Brown
Ensemble
Suzzanne Douglas
Ensemble
Pauletta Washington
Ensemble
Ted Ross
Ensemble
Otis Sallid
Ensemble
Luther Henderson
Orchestrator
Ossie Davis
Musical
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Oct 12, 1981
