Cornbread, Earl and Me
7.0
“He Had the Lightest Touch in a Heavy Town.”
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
Benjamin Blackwell
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The NeverEnding Story
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Rosalind Cash
Sarah Robinson
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Bernie Casey
Officer Larry Atkins
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Madge Sinclair
Leona Hamilton
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Laurence Fishburne
Wilford Robinson
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The Matrix
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Thalmus Rasulala
Charlie
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Blacula
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Antonio Fargas
One-Eye
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Starsky & Hutch
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Logan Ramsey
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Head
Vince Martorano
Officer John Golich
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The Candy Snatchers
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Charles Lampkin
Fred Jenkins
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Street Hawk
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Stefan Gierasch
Sgt. Danaher
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Carrie
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Stack Pierce
Sam Hamilton
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Joseph Manduke Director · Leonard Lamensdorf Screenplay Ronald Fair Author
United States release May 21, 1975 · Produced in United States · Production ML Productions
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American International Pictures
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ML Productions
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 21, 1975
Theatrical
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