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Purlie

6.5 / 10 6.5 1981 2h 22m
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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.

Directed by Rudi Goldman

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Robert Guillaume
Robert GuillaumePurlie
Melba Moore
Melba MooreLutiebelle
Sherman Hemsley
Sherman HemsleyGitlow
Linda Hopkins
Linda HopkinsSister Hopkins
Rhetta Hughes
Rhetta HughesMissy
Brandon Maggart
Brandon MaggartOl' Cap'n
Don Scardino
Don ScardinoCharlie
Clarice Taylor
Clarice TaylorIdella
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