The Color Purple

Film
Drama
Calendar
1985
Time
2h 33m
PG13

Based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Color Purple is a richly-textured, powerful film set in America's rural south. Whoopi Goldberg makes a triumphant screen debut as the radiant, indomitable Celie, the story's central character.

Starring Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Margaret Avery, Oprah Winfrey, Willard Pugh, Akosua Busia, Desreta Jackson, Adolph Caesar, Dana Ivey, Donna Buie, Reuben Cannon, John Hart, Clarence Avant, Rae Dawn Chong, Bennet Guillory, Susan Beaubian, Laurence Fishburne, Leon Rippy, David Thomas, Drew Bundini Brown, Arnold Turner, Hawthorne James, Jeris Poindexter, Leonard Jackson, Carl Anderson,
Genres Drama
Studios Warner Bros.
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Cast & Crew

  1. Cast Member
    Steven Spielberg Director
  2. Cast Member
    Danny Glover Albert
  3. Cast Member
    Whoopi Goldberg Celie
  4. Cast Member
    Margaret Avery Shug Avery
  5. Cast Member
    Oprah Winfrey Sofia
  6. Cast Member
    Willard Pugh Harpo
  7. Cast Member
    Akosua Busia Nettie
  8. Cast Member
    Desreta Jackson Young Celie
  9. Cast Member
    Adolph Caesar Old Mister
  10. Cast Member
    Dana Ivey Miss Millie
  11. Cast Member
    Donna Buie Daisy
  12. Cast Member
    Reuben Cannon Actor
  13. Cast Member
    John Hart Mailman
  14. Cast Member
    Clarence Avant African Musician
  15. Cast Member
    Rae Dawn Chong Squeak
  16. Cast Member
    Bennet Guillory Grady
  17. Cast Member
    Susan Beaubian Corrine
  18. Cast Member
    Laurence Fishburne Swain
  19. Cast Member
    Leon Rippy Store Clerk
  20. Cast Member
    David Thomas Road Gang Leader
  21. Cast Member
    Drew Bundini Brown Jook Joint Patron
  22. Cast Member
    Arnold Turner Jook Joint Patron
  23. Cast Member
    Hawthorne James Jook Joint Patron
  24. Cast Member
    Jeris Poindexter Jook Joint Patron
  25. Cast Member
    Quincy Jones Producer
  26. Cast Member
    Kathleen Kennedy Producer
  27. Cast Member
    Frank Marshall Producer
  28. Cast Member
    Peter Guber Executive Producer
  29. Cast Member
    Alice Walker Book Author
  30. Cast Member
    Menno Meyjes Screenwriter
  31. Cast Member
    Leonard Jackson Pa
  32. Cast Member
    Carl Anderson Reverend Samuel
  33. Cast Member
    Jon Peters Executive Producer

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Title The Color Purple

Release Date 1985-12-20

Country USA

Genres Drama

Runtime 2h 33m

Sub Genres Period Film, Marriage Drama, Feminist Film, Rural Drama

Language English