Purlie

Name: Purlie
Genre: drama, music
Released: 1981
Duration: 142 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Robert Guillaume, Melba Moore, Sherman Hemsley, Linda Hopkins, Rhetta Hughes

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Drama, Music · 6.5/10 · 142 min · 1981

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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Rudi Goldman
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Gary Geld
musical

Peter Udell
musical

Philip Rose
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Robert Guillaume

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