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Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975)

Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975)

Drama

He Had the Lightest Touch in a Heavy Town.

Release Date: 1975, May 21
Directors: Joseph Manduke
Countries: United States of America
Production: American International Pictures, ML Productions, ML Productions
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Madge Sinclair, William Upton, Hank Rolike, J. Jay Saunders, Thalmus Rasulala, Stefan Gierasch, Antonio Fargas, Bill Henderson, Moses Gunn, Bernie Casey, Sandy Ward

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.

Keywords:

coming of age basketball player police brutality courtroom