Cast & crew
Purlie (1981)
Directed by Rudi Goldman
Cast
| Robert Guillaume | Purlie |
| Melba Moore | Lutiebelle |
| Sherman Hemsley | Gitlow |
| Linda Hopkins | Hopkins |
| Rhetta Hughes | Missy Armitage |
| Brandon Maggart | Cap'n |
| Don Scardino | Charlie |
| Clarice Taylor | Idella |
| Loretta Abbott | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Michael Goring | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Brenda Braxton | Ensemble Factory Women |
| P.L. Brown | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Olivia Detante | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Suzzanne Douglas | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Cisco Drayton | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Tanya Gibson | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Milt Grayson | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Lawrence Hamilton | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Clinton King Keen | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Mildred Lane | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Judy Leak | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Eugene Little | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Pauletta Washington | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Lou Ann Pickett | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Herbert Rawlings | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Renee Rose | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Ted Ross | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Otis Sallid | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Henry Shaw | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Valerie Smith | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Jeffery V. Thompson | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Denessa Tobin | Ensemble Factory Women |
| David Weatherspoon | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Robert Guillaume | Purlie |
| Melba Moore | Lutiebelle |
| Sherman Hemsley | Gitlow |
| Linda Hopkins | Hopkins |
| Rhetta Hughes | Missy Armitage |
| Brandon Maggart | Cap'n |
| Don Scardino | Charlie |
| Clarice Taylor | Idella |
| Loretta Abbott | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Brenda Braxton | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Suzzanne Douglas | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Cisco Drayton | Ensemble Factory Women |
| P.L. Brown | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Olivia Detante | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Tanya Gibson | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Michael Goring | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Mildred Lane | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Milt Grayson | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Lawrence Hamilton | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Clinton King Keen | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Judy Leak | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Herbert Rawlings | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Eugene Little | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Pauletta Washington | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Lou Ann Pickett | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Renee Rose | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Ted Ross | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Otis Sallid | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Henry Shaw | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Valerie Smith | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Jeffery V. Thompson | Ensemble Factory Women |
| Denessa Tobin | Ensemble Factory Women |
| David Weatherspoon | Ensemble Factory Women |
Crew
| Ossie Davis | Musical |
| Peter Udell | Musical |
| Bruno B. Saudino | Associate Producer |
| Lester Lessuk | Production Manager |
| Les Liebowitz | Camera Operator |
| Jake Ostroff | Camera Operator |
| Steve Zinn | Camera Operator |
| Kirk Nurock | Music Director |
| Garry Sherman | Orchestrator |
| Luther Henderson | Orchestrator |
| Ray Wright | Orchestrator |
| Louis Johnson | Choreographer |
| Joe Cranzano | Makeup Artist |
| Bob Soond | Assistant Editor |
| Michael Robinson | Assistant Editor |
| David Stahlberg | Title Graphics |
| Teddy Jenkins | Hairstylist |
| Linda Considine | Casting |
| Garry Sherman | Orchestrator |
| Alan Adelman | Lighting Director |
| Randy Nordstrom | Lighting Director |
| Gary Geld | Music Supervisor |
| James Tilton | Set Designer |
| Gail Cooper-Hecht | Costume Design |
| Kirk Nurock | Music Director |
| Gary Geld | Musical |
| Peter Liveris | Assistant Editor |
| Bill Seesselberg | Assistant Editor |
| Bob Soond | Assistant Editor |
| Manny Gutierrez | Camera Operator |
| Bob Camitta | Camera Operator |
| Joe Cranzano | Makeup Artist |
| Linda Considine | Casting |
| Blake Norton | Sound |
| John R. Tierney | Editor |
| Gary Geld | Songs |
| Michael Robinson | Assistant Editor |
| David Stahlberg | Title Graphics |
| Louis Johnson | Choreographer |
| Teddy Jenkins | Hairstylist |
| Robert R. Thiel | Producer |
| Peter Udell | Lyricist |
| Alan Adelman | Lighting Director |
| Randy Nordstrom | Lighting Director |
| Gary Geld | Music Supervisor |
| Philip Rose | Stage Director |
| Al Perryman | Choreographer |
| James Tilton | Set Designer |
| Gail Cooper-Hecht | Costume Design |
| Philip Rose | Musical |
| Gary Geld | Musical |
| Manny Gutierrez | Camera Operator |
| Bill Seesselberg | Assistant Editor |
| Peter Liveris | Assistant Editor |
| Bob Camitta | Camera Operator |
| Blake Norton | Sound |
| John R. Tierney | Editor |
| Al Perryman | Choreographer |
| Philip Rose | Stage Director |
| Robert R. Thiel | Producer |
| Peter Udell | Lyricist |
| Rudi Goldman | Director |
| Ossie Davis | Musical |
| Peter Udell | Musical |
| Philip Rose | Musical |
| Gary Geld | Songs |
| Ray Wright | Orchestrator |
| Bruno B. Saudino | Associate Producer |
| Lester Lessuk | Production Manager |
| Les Liebowitz | Camera Operator |
| Luther Henderson | Orchestrator |
| Steve Zinn | Camera Operator |
| Jake Ostroff | Camera Operator |
| Rudi Goldman | Director |