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Cornbread, Earl and Me
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.
Cornbread, Earl and Me
May 21, 1975
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Cast (19)
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Laurence Fishburne
Wilford Robinson
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Tierre Turner
Earl Carter
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Jamaal Wilkes
Nathaniel 'Cornbread' Hamilton
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Moses Gunn
Benjamin Blackwell
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Rosalind Cash
Sarah Robinson
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Bernie Casey
Officer Larry Atkins
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Antonio Fargas
One-Eye
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Stack Pierce
Sam Hamilton
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Erik Kilpatrick
Ace
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Madge Sinclair
Leona Hamilton
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Stefan Gierasch
Sgt. Danaher
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Charles Lampkin
Fred Jenkins
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Vince Martorano
Officer John Golich
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Logan Ramsey
Deputy Coroner
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Thalmus Rasulala
Charlie
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Bill Henderson
Watkins
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Randy Martin
Shifty
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Hal Baylor
Mr. Wilson
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J. Jay Saunders
Mr. Johnson
Crew (3)
Directing
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Joseph Manduke
Director
Writing
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Leonard Lamensdorf
Screenplay
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Ronald Fair
Novel