Drama
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.
Directed by
Joseph Manduke
Laurence Fishburne
Wilford Robinson
Antonio Fargas
One-Eye
Rosalind Cash
Sarah Robinson
Stefan Gierasch
Sgt. Danaher
Logan Ramsey
Deputy Coroner
Bernie Casey
Officer Larry Atkins
Moses Gunn
Benjamin Blackwell
Madge Sinclair
Leona Hamilton
Stack Pierce
Sam Hamilton
Hal Baylor
Mr. Wilson
Bill Henderson
Watkins
Thalmus Rasulala
Charlie
Charles Lampkin
Fred Jenkins
Erik Kilpatrick
Ace
Jamaal Wilkes
Nathaniel 'Cornbread' Hamilton
Vince Martorano
Officer John Golich
Randy Martin
Shifty
J. Jay Saunders
Mr. Johnson

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