Purlie [64681] Released: 1981-10-12 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 142 mins Popularity: 2.7074 Vote Average: 5.333 Vote Count: 3 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. Cast [33] Robert GuillaumePurlie Melba MooreLutiebelle Sherman HemsleyGitlow Linda HopkinsSister Hopkins Rhetta HughesMissy Brandon MaggartOl' Cap'n Don ScardinoCharlie Clarice TaylorIdella Loretta AbbottEnsemble Brenda BraxtonEnsemble P.L. 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 Trailers