A Piece of the Action

Oct 7, 1977

2h 15m

★ 5.6

A delightfully delicious dilemma!

Overview

How does retired cop Joshua Burke (James Earl Jones) get two career criminals, Manny Durrell (Sidney Poitier) and Dave Anderson (Bill Cosby), to follow the straight and narrow? Con them into helping juvenile delinquents turn over a new leaf. But how? Burke has never been able to nail the duo, but he uses what he knows of their seedy past to blackmail them into volunteering.

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Production Companies

First Artists

Verdon Productions Limited

Warner Bros. Pictures

A Piece of the Action Trailers

Cast

Manny Durrell

Sidney Poitier

Dave Anderson

Bill Cosby

Joshua Burke

James Earl Jones

Lila French

Denise Nicholas

Sarah Thomas

Hope Clarke

Nikki McLean

Tracy Reed

Nellie Bond

Ja'net DuBois

Barbara Hanley

Sheryl Lee Ralph

Bruno

Titos Vandis

Bea Quitman

Frances Foster

Ty Shorter

Jason Evers

Louie

Marc Lawrence

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