Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975)

05/21/1975 (US) • 1h 35m

Drama

He Had the Lightest Touch in a Heavy Town.

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.

Top Billed Cast

Laurence Fishburne

Wilford Robinson

Tierre Turner

Earl Carter

Jamaal Wilkes

Nathaniel 'Cornbread' Hamilton

Moses Gunn

Benjamin Blackwell

Rosalind Cash

Sarah Robinson

Bernie Casey

Officer Larry Atkins

Stack Pierce

Sam Hamilton


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

police brutality

coming of age

courtroom

basketball player

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