Purlie

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.

• Rudi GoldmanDirector

• 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