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Gone Are the Days

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In this film based on the stage play, self-ordained Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson (Ossie Davis) returns to his hometown of Cotchipee, Ga., to build an integrated church. To fund its construction, he asks his fiancée, Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins (Ruby Dee), to masquerade as his dead cousin Bea, so he can gain access to her unclaimed inheritance. All that stands in his way is the curmudgeonly codger Captain Cotchipee (Sorrell Booke), who runs the local cotton plantation.

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Dwight MacDonald Esquire Magazine The film version, wholly faithful to the play, shows that the cinema in some ways is a more demanding medium than the theatre because it shows up in close-ups weaknesses which are less obtrusive when seen at a distance on the stage. Aug 13, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews
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Nicholas Webster

Director

Ossie Davis

Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson

Ruby Dee

Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins

Sorrell Booke

Ol' Cap'

Godfrey Cambridge

Gitlow Judson

Hilda Haynes

Missy Judson
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Synopsis In this film based on the stage play, self-ordained Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson (Ossie Davis) returns to his hometown of Cotchipee, Ga., to build an integrated church. To fund its construction, he asks his fiancée, Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins (Ruby Dee), to masquerade as his dead cousin Bea, so he can gain access to her unclaimed inheritance. All that stands in his way is the curmudgeonly codger Captain Cotchipee (Sorrell Booke), who runs the local cotton plantation.
Director
Nicholas Webster
Producer
Nicholas Webster, Brock Peters
Screenwriter
Ossie Davis
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Jul 1, 2014
Runtime
1h 37m