Cornbread, Earl and Me

Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975)

He Had the Lightest Touch in a Heavy Town.

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.

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  • Release Date: 1975-05-21
  • Runtime: 1h 35min
  • Director: Joseph Manduke

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Cast

  • Moses Gunn

    Benjamin Blackwell

  • Rosalind Cash

    Sarah Robinson

  • Bernie Casey

    Officer Larry Atkins

  • Madge Sinclair

    Leona Hamilton

  • Laurence Fishburne

    Wilford Robinson

  • Thalmus Rasulala

    Charlie

  • Antonio Fargas

    One-Eye

  • Logan Ramsey

    Deputy Coroner

  • Vince Martorano

    Officer John Golich

  • Charles Lampkin

    Fred Jenkins

  • Stefan Gierasch

    Sgt. Danaher

  • Stack Pierce

    Sam Hamilton

  • Tierre Turner

    Earl Carter

  • Jamaal Wilkes

    Nathaniel 'Cornbread' Hamilton

  • Erik Kilpatrick

    Ace

  • Bill Henderson

    Watkins

  • Randy Martin

    Shifty

  • Hal Baylor

    Mr. Wilson

  • J. Jay Saunders

    Mr. Johnson

  • Don Newsome

    Jack

  • Sarina C. Grant

    Mrs. Parsons

  • John Zaccaro

    Det. Simmons

  • Don McGovern

    Det. Kelly

  • Pamela Jones

    Diane

  • Al Stevenson

    Mr. Carter

  • William Upton

    Stud

  • Beverly Hope Atkinson

    Edna

  • Tom Maier

    Morgue Man (as Tommy Maier)

  • Hank Rolike

    Man

  • Sandy Ward

    Store Manager

  • David Moody

    Al

  • Fred Slyter

    Bailiff

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