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Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975)

Overview

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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Joseph Manduke

Director

Leonard Lamensdorf

Screenplay

Cast

Laurence Fishburne

Wilford Robinson

Tierre Turner

Earl Carter

Jamaal Wilkes

Nathaniel 'Cornbread' Hamilton

Moses Gunn

Benjamin Blackwell

Rosalind Cash

Sarah Robinson

Bernie Casey

Officer Larry Atkins

Antonio Fargas

One-Eye

Stack Pierce

Sam Hamilton

Erik Kilpatrick

Ace

Madge Sinclair

Leona Hamilton

Stefan Gierasch

Sgt. Danaher

Charles Lampkin

Fred Jenkins

Laurence Fishburne

Wilford Robinson

Tierre Turner

Earl Carter

Jamaal Wilkes

Nathaniel 'Cornbread' Hamilton

Moses Gunn

Benjamin Blackwell

Rosalind Cash

Sarah Robinson

Bernie Casey

Officer Larry Atkins

Antonio Fargas

One-Eye

Stack Pierce

Sam Hamilton

Erik Kilpatrick

Ace

Madge Sinclair

Leona Hamilton

Stefan Gierasch

Sgt. Danaher

Charles Lampkin

Fred Jenkins

Extra

Release Date

May 21, 1975

Original Language

English

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

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