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

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