Director: Nicholas Webster

Writer: Ossie Davis

From a play: Purlie Victorius by Ossie Davis

Keywords: Dark Comedy

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Alan Alda	Actor	28-Jan-1936		Capt. Hawkeye Pierce on M*A*S*H
Sorrell Booke	Actor	4-Jan-1930	11-Feb-1994	Boss Hogg on Dukes of Hazzard
Godfrey Cambridge	Actor	26-Feb-1933	29-Nov-1976	Cotton Comes to Harlem
Ossie Davis	Actor	18-Dec-1917	4-Feb-2005	Do The Right Thing
Ruby Dee	Actor	27-Oct-1924	12-Jun-2014	The Jackie Robinson Story
Beah Richards	Actor	12-Jul-1920	14-Sep-2000	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

CAST

Ossie Davis	...   Rev. Purlie Victorious Judson
Ruby Dee	...   Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins
Godfrey Cambridge	...   Gitlow Judson
Hilda Haynes	...   Missy Judson
Beah Richards	...   Idella Landy
Alan Alda	...   Charlie Cotchipee
Charles Welch	...   Sheriff
Ralph Roberts	...   Deputy
Sorrell Booke	...   Stonewall Jackson Cotchipee

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