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.
Cast
Robert Guillaume
Purlie
Melba Moore
Lutiebelle
Sherman Hemsley
Gitlow
Linda Hopkins
Sister Hopkins
Rhetta Hughes
Missy
Brandon Maggart
Ol' Cap'n
Don Scardino
Charlie
Clarice Taylor
Idella
Loretta Abbott
Ensemble
Brenda Braxton
Ensemble
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
Ensemble
Otis Sallid
Ensemble
Henry Shaw
Ensemble
Valerie Smith
Ensemble
Jeffery V. Thompson
Ensemble
Denessa Tobin
Ensemble
David Weatherspoon
Ensemble
Crew
Rudi Goldman
Director
John R. Tierney
Editor
Michael Robinson
Assistant Editor
Peter Liveris
Assistant Editor
Bill Seesselberg
Assistant Editor
Bob Soond
Assistant Editor
Robert R. Thiel
Producer
Bruno B. Saudino
Associate Producer
Manny Gutierrez
Camera Operator
Jake Ostroff
Camera Operator
Les Liebowitz
Camera Operator
Steve Zinn
Camera Operator
Bob Camitta
Camera Operator
Linda Considine
Casting
Gail Cooper-Hecht
Costume Design
Teddy Jenkins
Hairstylist
Joe Cranzano
Makeup Artist
Blake Norton
Sound
Randy Nordstrom
Lighting Director
Alan Adelman
Lighting Director
Kirk Nurock
Music Director
Gary Geld
Music Supervisor, Songs, Musical
Peter Udell
Lyricist, Musical
James Tilton
Set Designer
Al Perryman
Choreographer
Louis Johnson
Choreographer
Ossie Davis
Musical
Philip Rose
Musical, Stage Director
Lester Lessuk
Production Manager
David Stahlberg
Title Graphics
Luther Henderson
Orchestrator
Ray Wright
Orchestrator
Garry Sherman
Orchestrator
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