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Cornbread, Earl and Me

1975 • 1h35m Drama

Rating

6.7/10

Popularity

1

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.

Details

Director

Joseph Manduke

Screenplay

Leonard Lamensdorf

Cast

Moses Gunn

Rosalind Cash

Bernie Casey

Release date

5/21/1975

Status

Released

Origin country

US

Vote count

11