Purlie
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.
Purlie
October 12, 1981
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Cast (33)
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 (37)
Directing
Rudi Goldman
Director
Philip Rose
Stage Director
Writing
Production
Lester Lessuk
Production Manager
Linda Considine
Casting
Robert R. Thiel
Producer
Bruno B. Saudino
Associate Producer
Sound
Gary Geld
Music Supervisor
Blake Norton
Sound
Gary Geld
Songs
Ray Wright
Orchestrator
Luther Henderson
Orchestrator
Kirk Nurock
Music Director
Garry Sherman
Orchestrator
Art
James Tilton
Set Designer
Camera
Manny Gutierrez
Camera Operator
Jake Ostroff
Camera Operator
Bob Camitta
Camera Operator
Les Liebowitz
Camera Operator
Steve Zinn
Camera Operator
Costume & Make-Up
Crew
Editing
Michael Robinson
Assistant Editor
John R. Tierney
Editor
Bob Soond
Assistant Editor
Peter Liveris
Assistant Editor
Bill Seesselberg
Assistant Editor
Lighting
Alan Adelman
Lighting Director
Randy Nordstrom
Lighting Director