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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.
Credits
| Robert Guillaume | Purlie |
| Melba Moore | Lutiebelle |
| Sherman Hemsley | Gitlow |
| Linda Hopkins | Sister Hopkins |
| Rhetta Hughes | Missy |
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