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Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975)

PG ★ 6.7/10 95 min Drama United States English
Screenplay by: Leonard Lamensdorf
Novel: Ronald Fair
Streaming: Not available
He Had the Lightest Touch in a Heavy Town.

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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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Moses Gunn
Moses Gunn Benjamin Blackwell
Rosalind Cash
Rosalind Cash Sarah Robinson
Bernie Casey
Bernie Casey Officer Larry Atkins
Madge Sinclair
Madge Sinclair Leona Hamilton
Laurence Fishburne
Laurence Fishburne Wilford Robinson
Thalmus Rasulala
Thalmus Rasulala Charlie
Antonio Fargas
Antonio Fargas One-Eye
Logan Ramsey
Logan Ramsey Deputy Coroner

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