Purlie

Name: Purlie
Director: Rudi Goldman
Genre: Drama, Music
Released: 1981-10-12T
Duration: 142 min
Rating: 7.0
Cast: Robert Guillaume, Melba Moore, Sherman Hemsley, Linda Hopkins, Rhetta Hughes

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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.

Actor: Robert Guillaume, Melba Moore, Sherman Hemsley, Linda Hopkins, Rhetta Hughes, Brandon Maggart, Don Scardino, Clarice Taylor, Loretta Abbott, Brenda Braxton

Director: Rudi Goldman

Years: 1981

Country: United States of America

Quality: HD

Production: CBS Productions, Showtime Networks

Purlie

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