Cornbread, Earl and Me

1975Directed by Joseph Manduke

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Released: May 21, 1975
Runtime: 1h 35m

About Cornbread, Earl and Me

Drama

Synopsis

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: Joseph Manduke
Writers: Ronald Fair
Leonard Lamensdorf

Principal cast

In billing order

Moses GunnBenjamin Blackwell
Rosalind CashSarah Robinson
Bernie CaseyOfficer Larry Atkins
Madge SinclairLeona Hamilton
Laurence FishburneWilford Robinson
Thalmus RasulalaCharlie

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