Cornbread, Earl and Me
Cornbread, Earl and Me
Release: 1975-05-21
·Runtime: 95m
·★ 6.7
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
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Cast
Moses Gunn
as Benjamin Blackwell
Stack Pierce
as Sam Hamilton
Tierre Turner
as Earl Carter
Jamaal Wilkes
as Nathaniel 'Cornbread' Hamilton
Rosalind Cash
as Sarah Robinson
Stefan Gierasch
as Sgt. Danaher
Laurence Fishburne
as Wilford Robinson
Antonio Fargas
as One-Eye
Beverly Hope Atkinson
as Edna
Hal Baylor
as Mr. Wilson
J. Jay Saunders
as Mr. Johnson
Sarina C. Grant
as Mrs. Parsons
Bernie Casey
as Officer Larry Atkins
Madge Sinclair
as Leona Hamilton
Logan Ramsey
as Deputy Coroner
Charles Lampkin
as Fred Jenkins
Erik Kilpatrick
as Ace
Bill Henderson
as Watkins
Don McGovern
as Det. Kelly
Thalmus Rasulala
as Charlie
Hank Rolike
as Man
Sandy Ward
as Store Manager
