Rating
70%
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Release Date
12 Oct, 1981
Runtime
02:22: (HH:MM)
Synopsis
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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Actors
Robert Guillaume
Melba Moore
Sherman Hemsley
Linda Hopkins
Rhetta Hughes
Brandon Maggart
Don Scardino
Clarice Taylor
Brenda Braxton
P.L. Brown
Suzzanne Douglas
Crew
Ossie Davis
Luther Henderson
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