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Cornbread, Earl and Me
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Cornbread, Earl and Me

May 21, 1975
1h 35m
★ 6.8

He Had the Lightest Touch in a Heavy Town.

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

American International Pictures
ML Productions

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Cast

Moses Gunn

Benjamin Blackwell

Moses Gunn

Rosalind Cash

Sarah Robinson

Rosalind Cash

Bernie Casey

Officer Larry Atkins

Bernie Casey

Madge Sinclair

Leona Hamilton

Madge Sinclair

Laurence Fishburne

Wilford Robinson

Laurence Fishburne

Thalmus Rasulala

Charlie

Thalmus Rasulala

Antonio Fargas

One-Eye

Antonio Fargas

Logan Ramsey

Deputy Coroner

Logan Ramsey

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Officer John Golich

Vince Martorano

Charles Lampkin

Fred Jenkins

Charles Lampkin

Stefan Gierasch

Sgt. Danaher

Stefan Gierasch

Stack Pierce

Sam Hamilton

Stack Pierce