Purlie

Directed by Rudi Goldman
1982    2h 22m
Comedy, Family, Musical,
8.8
Set against the backdrop of the civil rights movement, "Purlie" follows a fiery preacher returning to his Southern roots, determined to liberate oppressed sharecroppers and challenge a tyrannical plantation owner, igniting hope and change in his community.
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Cast of Purlie
  • Robert GuillaumePurlie
  • Melba MooreLutiebelle
  • Sherman HemsleyGitlow
  • Linda HopkinsSister Hopkins
  • Rhetta HughesMissy
  • Brandon MaggartOl' Cap'n
  • Don ScardinoCharlie
  • Clarice TaylorIdella
  • Loretta AbbottEnsemble
  • Brenda BraxtonEnsemble
  • Perry BrownEnsemble
  • Olivia DetanteEnsemble
  • Suzzanne DouglasEnsemble
  • Cisco DraytonEnsemble
  • Tanya GibsonEnsemble
  • Michael GoringEnsemble
  • Milt GraysonEnsemble
  • Lawrence HamiltonEnsemble
  • Clinton King KeenEnsemble
  • Mildred LaneEnsemble
  • Judy LeakEnsemble
  • Eugene LittleEnsemble
  • Pauletta WashingtonEnsemble
  • Lou Ann PickettEnsemble
  • Herbert RawlingsEnsemble
  • Renee RoseEnsemble
  • Ted RossEnsemble
  • Otis SallidEnsemble
  • Henry ShawEnsemble
  • Valerie SmithEnsemble
  • Jeffery V. ThompsonEnsemble
  • Denessa TobinEnsemble
  • David WeatherspoonEnsemble
 
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