Cornbread, Earl and Me
movie
He Had the Lightest Touch in a Heavy Town.
Released May 21, 1975
Genres:
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.
Cast
Moses Gunn
as
Benjamin Blackwell
Rosalind Cash
as
Sarah Robinson
Bernie Casey
as
Officer Larry Atkins
Madge Sinclair
as
Leona Hamilton
Laurence Fishburne
as
Wilford Robinson
Thalmus Rasulala
as
Charlie
Antonio Fargas
as
One-Eye
Logan Ramsey
as
Deputy Coroner
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Vince Martorano
as
Officer John Golich
Charles Lampkin
as
Fred Jenkins
Stefan Gierasch
as
Sgt. Danaher
Stack Pierce
as
Sam Hamilton
