Purlie
7.0
2 reviews
Drama/Music
2h 22m
1981
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...
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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.
- DirectorRudi Goldman
- Release12 October 1981
- Genre
- Duration2h 22m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate7.02 reviews
- Productions
CBS Productions, Showtime Networks
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