Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975)
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.
- Date of release
- 1975-05-21
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (16)
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Joseph Manduke
Casting
- 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
Interesting facts
Cornbread, Earl and Me is a 1975 American coming-of-age drama film that stars Tierre Turner, Laurence Fishburne, and NBA player Jamaal Wilkes. It was directed and co-produced by Joseph Manduke. The film is loosely based on the 1966 Ronald Fair novel Hog Butcher.
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