Purlie

Name: Purlie
Director: Rudi Goldman
Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical, Drama, Music
Released: 1981-10-12
Duration: 8520000 s
Cast: Robert Guillaume, Melba Moore, Sherman Hemsley

Directed by Rudi Goldman

1981 2h 22m[Comedy](/on-demand/category/comedy), [Family](/on-demand/category/family)

8.36.5

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.