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Overview
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 12, 1981
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Showtime Networks,CBS Productions
- Cast
- Clinton King Keen,Brandon Maggart,Melba Moore,Valerie Smith,Olivia Detante,Otis Sallid,Jeffery V. Thompson,P.L. Brown,Rhetta Hughes,David Weatherspoonand 23 more
- Director
- Rudi Goldman
- Producer
- Robert R. Thiel
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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