Cornbread, Earl and Me
He Had the Lightest Touch in a Heavy Town.
1975 · 1h 35m · PG Drama
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Cornbread, Earl and Me
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.
Director and cast
- Moses Gunn as Benjamin Blackwell
- Rosalind Cash as Sarah Robinson
- Bernie Casey as Officer Larry Atkins
- Madge Sinclair as Leona Hamilton
- Laurence Fishburne as Wilford Robinson
- Thalmus Rasulala as Charlie
- Antonio Fargas as One-Eye
- Logan Ramsey as Deputy Coroner
- Vince Martorano as Officer John Golich
- Charles Lampkin as Fred Jenkins
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