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Gone Are the Days!

  • 19631963
  • GG
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
196
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Gone Are the Days! (1963)
  • Comedy
  • Drama
An idealistic young man returns to the plantation where he grew up in servitude. He brings his fiancée Lutiebelle, but hopes to convince the plantation owner that she is really his cousin to... Read allAn idealistic young man returns to the plantation where he grew up in servitude. He brings his fiancée Lutiebelle, but hopes to convince the plantation owner that she is really his cousin to secure the family inheritance. Aiding the comic complications are his family members Miss... Read allAn idealistic young man returns to the plantation where he grew up in servitude. He brings his fiancée Lutiebelle, but hopes to convince the plantation owner that she is really his cousin to secure the family inheritance. Aiding the comic complications are his family members Missy and Gitlow and the plantation owner's endearing but ineffectual son Charlie.
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
196
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  • Director
    • Nicholas Webster
  • Writer
    • Ossie Davis(play "Purlie Victorious")
  • Stars
    • Ossie Davis
    • Ruby Dee
    • Godfrey Cambridge
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  • Director
    • Nicholas Webster
  • Writer
    • Ossie Davis(play "Purlie Victorious")
  • Stars
    • Ossie Davis
    • Ruby Dee
    • Godfrey Cambridge
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    • 4User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Ossie Davis
    Ossie Davis
    • Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson
    Ruby Dee
    Ruby Dee
    • Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins
    Godfrey Cambridge
    Godfrey Cambridge
    • Gitlow Judson
    Hilda Haynes
    • Missy Judson
    Beah Richards
    Beah Richards
    • Idella Landy
    Alan Alda
    Alan Alda
    • Charlie Cotchipee
    Charles Welch
    • Sheriff
    Ralph Roberts
    Ralph Roberts
    • Deputy
    Sorrell Booke
    Sorrell Booke
    • Ol' Cap', Stonewall Jackson Cotchipee
    • Director
      • Nicholas Webster
    • Writer
      • Ossie Davis(play "Purlie Victorious") (screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Based upon the play "Purlie Victorious" by Ossie Davis, which ran on Broadway from 28 September 1961 to 12 May 1962 (261 performances). All actors in the play, except Hilda Haynes recreated their roles for this movie. A musical version entitled "Purlie!" later appeared.
    • Quotes

      Charlie Cotchipee: Idella, sometimes I think I oughta run away from home.

      Idella Landy: I know, but you already tried that, honey.

    • Connections
      Version of Purlie (1981)
    • Soundtracks
      Happy as the Day is Long
      Composer unknown
      Adapted, Arranged and Conducted by Milton Okun
      Sung by the congregation in church

    User reviews4

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    5/10
    Well acted low budget stage adaptation
    Purlie Victorious ( AKA Gone Are the Days) is a stage bound film version of the popular play, written by star Ossie Davis and featuring his spouse Ruby Dee, the always hilarious Godfrey Cambridge, and a young Alan Alda. It shows its years and betrays an obvious low to non-existent budget but is a showcase for its cast, which also includes a ripe turn from Sorrell Booke as a died in the wool Ol' Suthun Genelman.
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    • Mar 19, 2000

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    • Release date
      • September 23, 1963 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Man from C.O.T.T.O.N.
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    • Budget
      • $200,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 39 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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