Watch Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975) Official Trailer
He Had the Lightest Touch in a Heavy Town.
6.8 / 10 IMDb May 21, 1975 1h 35m
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
Runtime
1h 35m
Release Date
May 21, 1975
Genre
Drama
Status
Released
Languages
English
Country
United States of America
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
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Vince Martorano
as Officer John Golich
Charles Lampkin
as Fred Jenkins
Stefan Gierasch
as Sgt. Danaher
Stack Pierce
as Sam Hamilton
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Tierre Turner
as Earl Carter
Jamaal Wilkes
as Nathaniel 'Cornbread' Hamilton
Erik Kilpatrick
as Ace
Bill Henderson
as Watkins
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Randy Martin
as Shifty
Hal Baylor
as Mr. Wilson
J. Jay Saunders
as Mr. Johnson
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Don Newsome
as Jack
Production Companies
American International PicturesML Productions
Cornbread, Earl and Me Official Trailer 1975
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