Purlie

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6.5

NR

Genre: Drama Music
Release year: 1981
Running time: 142 min
Country: United States of America

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 Guillaume
Purlie
Don Scardino
Charlie
Sherman Hemsley
Gitlow
Brandon Maggart
Ol' Cap'n
Suzzanne Douglas
Ensemble
Melba Moore
Lutiebelle
Clarice Taylor
Idella
Pauletta Washington
Ensemble

Ossie Davis
Musical
Garry Sherman
Orchestrator
Jake Ostroff
Camera Operator
Alan Adelman
Lighting Director
Manny Gutierrez
Camera Operator
Joe Cranzano
Makeup Artist
Rudi Goldman
Director
Philip Rose
Musical

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