
Purlie
Purlie
Watch purlie 123Movies. 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.
- Genre: Drama, Music
- Country: United States
- Director: Rudi Goldman
- Cast: Robert Guillaume, Melba Moore, Sherman Hemsley, Linda Hopkins,