Purlie (1981)
2h 22m
Running Time
October 12, 1981Release Date
Purlie (1981)
2h 22m
Running Time
October 12, 1981Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Robert Guillaume
Purlie
Melba Moore
Lutiebelle
Sherman Hemsley
Gitlow
Linda Hopkins
Sister Hopkins
Rhetta Hughes
Missy
Brandon Maggart
Ol' Cap'n
Don Scardino
Charlie
Clarice Taylor
Idella
Loretta Abbott
Ensemble
Brenda Braxton
Ensemble
P.L. Brown
Ensemble
Olivia Detante
Ensemble
Suzzanne Douglas
Ensemble
Cisco Drayton
Ensemble
Tanya Gibson
Ensemble
Michael Goring
Ensemble
Milt Grayson
Ensemble
Lawrence Hamilton
Ensemble
Clinton King Keen
Ensemble
Mildred Lane
Ensemble
Judy Leak
Ensemble
Eugene Little
Ensemble
Pauletta Washington
Ensemble
Lou Ann Pickett
Ensemble
Herbert Rawlings
Ensemble
Renee Rose
Ensemble
Ted Ross
Ensemble
Otis Sallid
Ensemble
Henry Shaw
Ensemble
Valerie Smith
Ensemble
Jeffery V. Thompson
Ensemble
Denessa Tobin
Ensemble
David Weatherspoon
Ensemble
Al Perryman
Choreographer
Ray Wright
Orchestrator
Randy Nordstrom
Lighting Director
Kirk Nurock
Music Director
Luther Henderson
Orchestrator
Philip Rose
Musical / Stage Director
Garry Sherman
Orchestrator
Peter Udell
Musical / Lyricist
James Tilton
Set Designer
Alan Adelman
Lighting Director
Ossie Davis
Musical
Gail Cooper-Hecht
Costume Design
Gary Geld
Musical / Music Supervisor / Songs
Robert R. Thiel
Producer
Peter Liveris
Assistant Editor
Bruno B. Saudino
Associate Producer
Bob Camitta
Camera Operator
Blake Norton
Sound
Les Liebowitz
Camera Operator
Teddy Jenkins
Hairstylist
Lester Lessuk
Production Manager
Bob Soond
Assistant Editor
Joe Cranzano
Makeup Artist
Jake Ostroff
Camera Operator
Linda Considine
Casting
Steve Zinn
Camera Operator
Manny Gutierrez
Camera Operator
David Stahlberg
Title Graphics
Louis Johnson
Choreographer
John R. Tierney
Editor
Bill Seesselberg
Assistant Editor
Michael Robinson
Assistant Editor
Rudi Goldman
Director
Details.
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