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Cornbread, Earl and Me

19756.7 / 1095 min
Drama

Overview

He Had the Lightest Touch in a Heavy Town.

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.

Cast

Laurence Fishburne

Laurence Fishburne

Wilford Robinson

Tierre Turner

Tierre Turner

Earl Carter

Jamaal Wilkes

Jamaal Wilkes

Nathaniel 'Cornbread' Hamilton

Moses Gunn

Moses Gunn

Benjamin Blackwell

Rosalind Cash

Rosalind Cash

Sarah Robinson

Bernie Casey

Bernie Casey

Officer Larry Atkins

Antonio Fargas

Antonio Fargas

One-Eye

Stack Pierce

Stack Pierce

Sam Hamilton

Erik Kilpatrick

Erik Kilpatrick

Ace

Madge Sinclair

Madge Sinclair

Leona Hamilton

Stefan Gierasch

Stefan Gierasch

Sgt. Danaher

Charles Lampkin

Charles Lampkin

Fred Jenkins

Vince Martorano

Vince Martorano

Officer John Golich

Logan Ramsey

Logan Ramsey

Deputy Coroner

Thalmus Rasulala

Thalmus Rasulala

Charlie

Bill Henderson

Bill Henderson

Watkins

Randy Martin

Randy Martin

Shifty

Hal Baylor

Hal Baylor

Mr. Wilson

J. Jay Saunders

J. Jay Saunders

Mr. Johnson

Crew

Leonard Lamensdorf

Leonard Lamensdorf

Screenplay

Ronald Fair

Ronald Fair

Novel

Joseph Manduke

Joseph Manduke

Director

Lynn Stalmaster

Lynn Stalmaster

Casting Director