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Cornbread, Earl and Me

Cornbread, Earl and Me1975

★6.895 minDrama

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.

Director

Writer

Leonard Lamensdorf

Score

Stars

Moses Gunn Rosalind Cash Bernie Casey

Cast32

Moses Gunn
as Benjamin Blackwell
Rosalind Cash
as Sarah Robinson
Bernie Casey
as Officer Larry Atkins
Madge Sinclair
as Leona Hamilton
Laurence Fishburne
as Wilford Robinson
Thalmus Rasulala
as Charlie
Antonio Fargas
as One-Eye
Logan Ramsey
as Deputy Coroner
V
Vince Martorano
as Officer John Golich
Charles Lampkin
as Fred Jenkins
Stefan Gierasch
as Sgt. Danaher
Stack Pierce
as Sam Hamilton
T
Tierre Turner
as Earl Carter
Jamaal Wilkes
as Nathaniel 'Cornbread' Hamilton
Erik Kilpatrick
as Ace
Bill Henderson
as Watkins
R
Randy Martin
as Shifty
Hal Baylor
as Mr. Wilson
J. Jay Saunders
as Mr. Johnson
D
Don Newsome
as Jack
Sarina C. Grant
as Mrs. Parsons
J
John Zaccaro
as Det. Simmons
Don McGovern
as Det. Kelly
P
Pamela Jones
as Diane
A
Al Stevenson
as Mr. Carter
W
William Upton
as Stud
Beverly Hope Atkinson
as Edna
T
Tom Maier
as Morgue Man (as Tommy Maier)
Hank Rolike
as Man
Sandy Ward
as Store Manager
D
David Moody
as Al
F
Fred Slyter
as Bailiff

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