Purlie

1981, drama, music

142 minutes

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...

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Cast

Robert Guillaume

Robert Guillaume

Purlie

Melba Moore

Lutiebelle

Sherman Hemsley

Gitlow

Linda Hopkins

Sister Hopkins

Rhetta Hughes

Missy

Brandon Maggart

Brandon Maggart

Ol' Cap'n

Don Scardino

Don Scardino

Charlie

Clarice Taylor

Idella

Loretta Abbott

Ensemble

Brenda Braxton

Brenda Braxton

Ensemble

P.L. Brown

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

Ted Ross

Ensemble

Otis Sallid

Ensemble

Henry Shaw

Ensemble

Valerie Smith

Ensemble

Jeffery V. Thompson

Ensemble

Denessa Tobin

Ensemble

David Weatherspoon

Ensemble

Crew

Art

James Tilton

Set designer

Camera

Les Liebowitz

Camera operator

Jake Ostroff

Camera operator

Steve Zinn

Camera operator

Manny Guiterrez

Camera operator

Bob Camitta

Camera operator

Costume and make-up

Gail Cooper-Hecht

Costume design

Teddy Jenkins

Hairstylist

Joe Cranzano

Makeup artist

Crew

Al Perryman

David Stahlberg

Louis Johnson

Directing

Philip Rose

Rudi Goldman

Director

Editing

Bill Seesselberg

Peter Liveris

Bob Soond

Michael Robinson

John R. Tierney

Editor

Lighting

Alan Adelman

Randy Nordstrom

Production

Lester Lessuk

Bruno B. Saudino

Associate producer

Linda Considine

Casting

Robert R. Thiel

Producer

Sound

Kirk Nurock

Garry Sherman

Luther Henderson

Ray Wright

Blake Norton

Gary Geld

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Writing

Ossie Davis

Ossie Davis

Philip Rose

Gary Geld

Peter Udell

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