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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. | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win moreUser Comments:
I am so old moreCast
(Credited cast) | Robert Guillaume | ... | Purlie Victorious Judson |
 | Sherman Hemsley | ... | Gitlow Judson |
 | Rhetta Hughes | ... | Missy |
| Melba Moore | ... | Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins |
| Clarice Taylor | ... | Idella Landy |
| Brandon Maggart | ... | Stonewall Jackson (Ol' Cap'n) |
 | Don Scardino | ... | Charlie Cotchipee |
| Linda Hopkins | ... | Sister Hopkins |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Loretta Abbot | ||
| Brenda Braxton | ||
| P.L. Brown | ||
| Olivia Detante | ||
 | Suzzanne Douglas | ||
| Cisco Drayton | ||
| Tanya Gibson | ||
| Michael Goring | ||
| Milt Grayson | ||
| Lawrence Hamilton | ||
| Clinton King-Keen | ||
| Mildred Lane | ||
| Judy Leak | ||
| Eugene Little | ||
| Lou Ann Pickett | ||
| Herbert Rawlings | ||
| Renee Rose | ||
| Ted Ross | ||
| Otis Sallid | ||
| Henry Shaw | ||
| Valerie Smith | ||
| Jeffery V. Thompson | (as Jeffery Thompson) | |
| Denessa Tobin | ||
| Pauletta Washington | (as Paulette Pearson) | |
| David Weatherspoon | ||
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142 minCountry:
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ColorSound Mix:
MonoFilming Locations:
Lehman College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USAMOVIEmeter: 
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Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins: [Lutiebelle's just been assaulted by old man Cotchipee] He kissed me![points to her cheek]
Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins: Right here.
Missy: Right where?
Gitlow Judson: Oh, Missy, for Pete's sake!
Purlie Victorious Judson: He kissed my woman, Gitlow. He kissed the woman I love!
Gitlow Judson: So what?
Purlie Victorious Judson: So, what do you mean "so what?" Ain't no man kisses the woman I love and lives!
[Gitlow laughs uproariously at this]
Purlie Victorious Judson: That's right, you go ahead and laugh.
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Walk Him Up the Stairs / Epilogue moreFAQ
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This is an amazing musical. I remember watching this when I was like 7. It came on PBS. All me, my sister and my cousins could say was " yes Reverin Pearlaay!" We loved it. I thought for SURE I made it up. If anyone has this on VIDEO you are lucky. It is an amazing and wonderfully charming play! AAAAAAAAH it gets like a zillon stars from me Shala. age 27