Home Movies Series Trending Animation
Watchlist Search
Register
Purlie

Purlie

6.5/10 1981 2h 22m Released
DramaMusic

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: Rudi Goldman
Watch Now

Top Cast

Robert Guillaume
Robert Guillaume
Purlie
 Melba Moore
Melba Moore
Lutiebelle
 Sherman Hemsley
Sherman Hemsley
Gitlow
 Linda Hopkins
Linda Hopkins
Sister Hopkins
 Rhetta Hughes
Rhetta Hughes
Missy
 Brandon Maggart
Brandon Maggart
Ol' Cap'n
 Don Scardino
Don Scardino
Charlie
 Clarice Taylor
Clarice Taylor
Idella
 Loretta Abbott
Loretta Abbott
Ensemble
 Brenda Braxton
Brenda Braxton
Ensemble
 P.L. Brown
P.L. Brown
Ensemble
 Olivia Detante
Olivia Detante
Ensemble

More Like This

Company
MOV ⭐ 7.1
Company 1996
Awake and Sing!
MOV ⭐ 10.0
Awake and Sing! 1972
Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway
MOV ⭐ 7.9
Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway 2008
The Patriots
MOV ⭐ 7.0
The Patriots 1976
Hamlet at Elsinore
MOV ⭐ 8.0
Hamlet at Elsinore 1964
The Gin Game
MOV ⭐ 8.5
The Gin Game 1981
National Theatre Live: After Life
MOV
National Theatre Live: After Life 2021
A Little Life
MOV ⭐ 10.0
A Little Life 2018
National Theatre Live: Amadeus
MOV ⭐ 7.4
National Theatre Live: Amadeus 2017
National Theatre Live: Death of England: Michael
MOV
National Theatre Live: Death of England: Michael 2020
National Theatre Live: A Taste of Honey
MOV
National Theatre Live: A Taste of Honey 2014