Purlie

• Movies
• 1981-10-12
• EN
• Released
• 2h 22m
• US
• Drama - Music

• 7.0
• 2

Production

CBS Productions, Showtime Networks

Storyline

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.