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    Cornbread, Earl and Me

    95'

    1975-05-21

    6.8

    He Had the Lightest Touch in a Heavy Town.

    Drama

    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.

    WritingLeonard LamensdorfDirectingJoseph Manduke

    Cast

    1

    Benjamin Blackwell

    Moses Gunn

    2

    Sarah Robinson

    Rosalind Cash

    1

    Officer Larry Atkins

    Bernie Casey

    1

    Leona Hamilton

    Madge Sinclair

    4

    Wilford Robinson

    Laurence Fishburne

    1

    Charlie

    Thalmus Rasulala

    2

    One-Eye

    Antonio Fargas

    1

    Deputy Coroner

    Logan Ramsey

    1

    Officer John Golich

    Vince Martorano

    1

    Fred Jenkins

    Charles Lampkin

    2

    Sgt. Danaher

    Stefan Gierasch

    1

    Sam Hamilton

    Stack Pierce

    1

    Earl Carter

    Tierre Turner

    1

    Nathaniel 'Cornbread' Hamilton

    Jamaal Wilkes

    2

    Ace

    Erik Kilpatrick

    1

    Watkins

    Bill Henderson

    1

    Shifty

    Randy Martin

    2

    Mr. Wilson

    Hal Baylor

    1

    Mr. Johnson

    J. Jay Saunders

    1

    Jack

    Don Newsome

    1

    Mrs. Parsons

    Sarina C. Grant

    1

    Det. Simmons

    John Zaccaro

    1

    Det. Kelly

    Don McGovern

    1

    Diane

    Pamela Jones

    1

    Mr. Carter

    Al Stevenson

    1

    Stud

    William Upton

    1

    Edna

    Beverly Hope Atkinson

    1

    Morgue Man (as Tommy Maier)

    Tom Maier

    1

    Man

    Hank Rolike

    1

    Store Manager

    Sandy Ward

    1

    Al

    David Moody

    1

    Bailiff

    Fred Slyter

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    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. United States of America
    • List of languages:
      1. English
    • List of companies:
      1. American International Pictures
      2. ML Productions
    • Vote Count: 16
    • Popularity: 1.4436
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:Cornbread, Earl and Me

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