A young, idealistic man returns home to the plantation where he grew up in servitude. With him, he brings his fiance, Lutiebelle, in hopes of convincing the plantation owner that she is really his cousin in order to secure the family inheritance. To aid in the comic complications that follow are his family members Missy and Gitlow, and the plantation owners endearing (but ineffectual) son Charlie.
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Ossie Davis
Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson
Known for
Doctor Dolittle
Do the Right Thing
Ruby Dee
Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins
Known for
The Stand
Do the Right Thing
Brock Peters
Known for
To Kill a Mockingbird
Soylent Green
Nicholas Webster
Boris Kaufman
Godfrey Cambridge
Gitlow Judson
Known for
Cotton Comes to Harlem
Watermelon Man
Ralph Rosenblum
Hilda Haynes
Missy Judson
Known for
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
Kim Swados
Beah Richards
Idella Landy
Known for
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
In the Heat of the Night
Alan Alda
Charlie Cotchipee
Known for
Marriage Story
Bridge of Spies
Sorrell Booke
Ol' Cap', Stonewall Jackson Cotchipee
Known for
The Dukes of Hazzard
Scooby-Doo! Meets the Boo Brothers
Nicholas Webster Director · Ossie Davis Writer Boris Kaufman Cinematographer
Budget $200K · United States release August 9, 1963 · Produced in United States
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$200,000
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United States
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Original language
English
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English
Release dates
United States · August 9, 1963
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