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Cornbread, Earl and Me

"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.

Top Cast

  • Moses Gunn

    Moses Gunn

    Benjamin Blackwell

  • Rosalind Cash

    Rosalind Cash

    Sarah Robinson

  • Bernie Casey

    Bernie Casey

    Officer Larry Atkins

  • Madge Sinclair

    Madge Sinclair

    Leona Hamilton

  • Laurence Fishburne

    Laurence Fishburne

    Wilford Robinson

  • Thalmus Rasulala

    Thalmus Rasulala

    Charlie

  • Antonio Fargas

    Antonio Fargas

    One-Eye

  • Logan Ramsey

    Logan Ramsey

    Deputy Coroner

  • Vince Martorano

    Vince Martorano

    Officer John Golich

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.

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