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Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975)

He Had the Lightest Touch in a Heavy Town.

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 35M

Director : Joseph Manduke
Writer : Leonard Lamensdorf

Synopsis

The unintentional shooting by police of a star basketball player has profound personal, political and community repercussions in this acclaimed adaptation of the novel Hog Butcher by Ronald Fair. This was one of the more thoughtful urban dramas produced at the height of the "blaxploitation" craze. Also released under the title Hit the Open Man, it features the screen debut of Laurence Fishburne, who was barely a teenager at the time.

Actors

Laurence Fishburne
Laurence Fishburne
Wilford Robinson
Tierre Turner
Tierre Turner
Earl
Jamaal Wilkes
Jamaal Wilkes
Nathaniel 'Cornbread' Hamilton
Moses Gunn
Moses Gunn
Benjamin Blackwell
Rosalind Cash
Rosalind Cash
Sarah Robinson
Bernie Casey
Bernie Casey
Officer Larry Atkins
Antonio Fargas
Antonio Fargas
One-Eye
Stack Pierce
Stack Pierce
Sam Hamilton

Crews

Joseph Manduke
Joseph Manduke
Director
Ronald Fair
Ronald Fair
Novel
Leonard Lamensdorf
Leonard Lamensdorf
Screenplay

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