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Purlie

Rudi Goldman

1981 • 2h 22m

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 c...

Purlie

Cast

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

Loretta AbbottEnsemble

Brenda BraxtonEnsemble

P.L. Brown

P.L. BrownEnsemble

Olivia DetanteEnsemble

Suzzanne Douglas

Suzzanne DouglasEnsemble

Cisco DraytonEnsemble

Tanya GibsonEnsemble

Crew

Ossie Davis

Ossie DavisMusical

Luther Henderson

Luther HendersonOrchestrator

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