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Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975)

PG · 1975-05-21 · 1h 35m · EN
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He Had the Lightest Touch in a Heavy Town.

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.

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Laurence FishburneLaurence FishburneWilford RobinsonTierre TurnerTierre TurnerEarl CarterJamaal WilkesJamaal WilkesNathaniel 'Cornbread' HamiltonMoses GunnMoses GunnBenjamin BlackwellRosalind CashRosalind CashSarah RobinsonBernie CaseyBernie CaseyOfficer Larry AtkinsAntonio FargasAntonio FargasOne-EyeStack PierceStack PierceSam HamiltonStefan GieraschStefan GieraschSgt. DanaherLogan RamseyLogan RamseyDeputy CoronerBill HendersonBill HendersonWatkinsHal BaylorHal BaylorMr. Wilson

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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.

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