Cast & crew
The Color Purple (1985)
Directed by Steven Spielberg Written by Menno Meyjes
Cast
| Jeffrey Kwashi | African Unesco |
| Ethel Taylor | Church |
| Juliet Poe | Church |
| Sonny Terry | Joint |
| Hawthorne James | Joint |
| Jeris Poindexter | Joint |
| Pete Munzhi | African Unesco |
| Leon Rippy | Store Clerk |
| Carrie Murphy | Loretta |
| Greg Phillinganes | Joint |
| Clarence Avant | African Unesco |
| Aniijia Rae Schockley | African Unesco |
| Maria Howell | Soloist |
| Ndugu Chandler | African Unesco |
| Arnold F. Turner | Joint |
| Lillian Njoki Distefano | Tashi |
| Donna Buie | Daisy Werthan |
| Leonard Jackson | Pa Peabody |
| Desreta Jackson | Celie |
| Bayo Martin | African Unesco |
| Paulinho da Costa | African Unesco |
| Margaret Freeman | Odessa Citizen |
| Danny Glover | Albert Kropp |
| April Myers | Emma |
| Jadili Johnson | Adam |
| Peto Kinsaka | Adam |
| Daphaine Oliver | Olivia |
| James Tillis | Buster Pollitt |
| Carl Anderson | Samuel |
| Katie Simon | Church |
| Nana Yaw Asiedu | African Unesco |
| Marcus Covington | School Bus Boy |
| Dana Ivey | Millie Moresy |
| John R. Hart | Mailman |
| Roy Gaines | Joint |
| Drew Bundini Brown | Joint |
| Susan Beaubian | Corrine |
| John Patton Jr. | Preacher |
| Laurence Fishburne | Jon Swain |
| Rae Dawn Chong | Squeak |
| Marcus Liles | Boo Boo |
| David Thomas | Road mender |
| Phillip Strong | Mayor |
| Gayle King | Church |
| Adolph Caesar | Old Scholar |
| Akosua Busia | Nettie |
| Bennet Guillory | Grady |
| Margaret Avery | Shug |
| Maurice Moore | Village Child |
| Lechanda Latharp | Village Child |
| Whoopi Goldberg | Celie |
| Oprah Winfrey | Sofia |
| Willard E. Pugh | Harpo |
| Lelo Masamba | Olivia |
| Howard Starr | Harpo |
Crew
| Linda DeScenna | Set Decoration |
| Quincy Jones | Producer |
| Frank Marshall | Producer |
| Kathleen Kennedy | Producer |
| Menno Meyjes | Screenplay |
| Aggie Guerard Rodgers | Costume Design |
| Alice Walker | Novel |
| Andraé Crouch | Music Arranger |
| Richard Alonzo | Makeup Artist |
| Quincy Jones | Songs |
| Jorge Calandrelli | Orchestrator |
| Peter Guber | Executive Producer |
| Rod Temperton | Lyricist |
| Bo Welch | Art Direction |
| Lionel Richie | Lyricist |
| Robert Samuels | Second Assistant Camera |
| Jon Peters | Executive Producer |
| Joel Rosenbaum | Orchestrator |
| J. Michael Riva | Production Design |
| Quincy Jones | Original Music Composer |
| Carole Isenberg | Producer |
| Jack Hayes | Orchestrator |
| David Del Sesto | Songs |
| Allen Daviau | Director of Photography |
| Alan L. Nineberg | ADR Editor |
| Steven Spielberg | Director |
| Fred Steiner | Orchestrator |
| Bill Maxwell | Songs |
| Andraé Crouch | Songs |
| Jerry Hey | Orchestrator |
| Michael Kahn | Editor |
| Rod Temperton | Songs |
| Randy Kerber | Orchestrator |
| Dana Dru Evenson | Stunt Double |
| Steven Spielberg | Producer |
| Quincy Jones | Lyricist |
| Tony Brubaker | Stunts |