![Purlie Poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500//f8MDlANBTRzBkZe6FzAq4l20PAT.jpg)
Purlie
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October 12, 1981
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Drama, Music
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.
Featured Crew
James Tilton
Set Designer
Luther Henderson
Orchestrator
Philip Rose
Stage Director
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Cast
![Robert Guillaume](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//prqxpeFeyyarRxxfaMHrqCKVyhV.jpg)
Robert Guillaume
Purlie
![Melba Moore](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//2ezpVkwmbI23Wz8kL7xiu3pdIKO.jpg)
Melba Moore
Lutiebelle
![Sherman Hemsley](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//1LG28aRTUp4sVfMZtvfLrASolU4.jpg)
Sherman Hemsley
Gitlow
![Linda Hopkins](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//kah9puRQHK3WFoe7Vaoc3MReaMA.jpg)
Linda Hopkins
Sister Hopkins
![Rhetta Hughes](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//qCvRSEnYCshKAiObvo6mpfuj6rV.jpg)
Rhetta Hughes
Missy