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Purlie

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Calorie Rating: 200
Released: 1981-10-12
Running Time: 142 Minutes
Studios: CBS Productions, Showtime Networks,


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.

Director / Directors

Philip Rose
Stage Director


Cast

Robert Guillaume
Character: Purlie
Melba Moore
Character: Lutiebelle
Sherman Hemsley
Character: Gitlow

Linda Hopkins
Character: Sister Hopkins
Rhetta Hughes
Character: Missy
Brandon Maggart
Character: Ol' Cap'n

Don Scardino
Character: Charlie
Clarice Taylor
Character: Idella
Loretta Abbott
Character: Ensemble

Brenda Braxton
Character: Ensemble
P.L. Brown
Character: Ensemble
Olivia Detante
Character: Ensemble

Suzzanne Douglas
Character: Ensemble
Cisco Drayton
Character: Ensemble
Tanya Gibson
Character: Ensemble

Michael Goring
Character: Ensemble
Milt Grayson
Character: Ensemble
Lawrence Hamilton
Character: Ensemble

Clinton King Keen
Character: Ensemble
Mildred Lane
Character: Ensemble
Judy Leak
Character: Ensemble

Eugene Little
Character: Ensemble
Pauletta Washington
Character: Ensemble
Lou Ann Pickett
Character: Ensemble

Herbert Rawlings
Character: Ensemble
Renee Rose
Character: Ensemble
Ted Ross
Character: Ensemble

Otis Sallid
Character: Ensemble
Henry Shaw
Character: Ensemble
Valerie Smith
Character: Ensemble

Jeffery V. Thompson
Character: Ensemble
Denessa Tobin
Character: Ensemble
David Weatherspoon
Character: Ensemble


Production and Crew

James Tilton
Set Designer
Luther Henderson
Orchestrator
Randy Nordstrom
Lighting Director

Michael Robinson
Assistant Editor
Gail Cooper-Hecht
Costume Design
Gary Geld
Musical

Ray Wright
Orchestrator
Peter Liveris
Assistant Editor
Bill Seesselberg
Assistant Editor

Alan Adelman
Lighting Director
Manny Gutierrez
Camera Operator

Jake Ostroff
Camera Operator
Kirk Nurock
Music Director

Joe Cranzano
Makeup Artist

Gary Geld
Music Supervisor
Garry Sherman
Orchestrator

Lester Lessuk
Production Manager
Bruno B. Saudino
Associate Producer
Teddy Jenkins
Hairstylist

Al Perryman
Choreographer
Les Liebowitz
Camera Operator

Steve Zinn
Camera Operator
Bob Camitta
Camera Operator

Bob Soond
Assistant Editor
David Stahlberg
Title Graphics
Louis Johnson
Choreographer

Peter Udell
Lyricist