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Cornbread, Earl and Me
1975, May 21
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.
Directed by
Joseph Manduke
Laurence Fishburne
Wilford Robinson
Madge Sinclair
Leona Hamilton
Hal Baylor
Mr. Wilson
Rosalind Cash
Sarah Robinson
Bernie Casey
Officer Larry Atkins
Antonio Fargas
One-Eye
Stack Pierce
Sam Hamilton
Logan Ramsey
Deputy Coroner
Bill Henderson
Watkins
Moses Gunn
Benjamin Blackwell
Sandy Ward
Store Manager
Sarina C. Grant
Mrs. Parsons
Erik Kilpatrick
Ace
Thalmus Rasulala
Charlie
Jamaal Wilkes
Nathaniel 'Cornbread' Hamilton
Donald Byrd
Stefan Gierasch
Sgt. Danaher
Hank Rolike
Man
Charles Lampkin
Fred Jenkins
Don McGovern
Det. Kelly
Beverly Hope Atkinson
Edna
J. Jay Saunders
Mr. Johnson
Vince Martorano
Officer John Golich
Randy Martin
Shifty
Don Newsome
Jack
John Zaccaro
Det. Simmons
Pamela Jones
Diane
Al Stevenson
Mr. Carter
William Upton
Stud
Tom Maier
Morgue Man (as Tommy Maier)
David Moody
Al
Fred Slyter
Bailiff
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