Purlie

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.

Cast

Robert Guillaume

Melba Moore

Sherman Hemsley

Linda Hopkins

Rhetta Hughes

Brandon Maggart

Don Scardino

Clarice Taylor

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Loretta Abbott

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Brenda Braxton

P.L. Brown

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Olivia Detante