Cornbread, Earl and Me

He Had the Lightest Touch in a Heavy Town.

6.7
1975•1h 35m

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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Cast

Photo of Moses Gunn

Moses Gunn

Benjamin Blackwell

Photo of Rosalind Cash

Rosalind Cash

Sarah Robinson

Photo of Bernie Casey

Bernie Casey

Officer Larry Atkins

Photo of Madge Sinclair

Madge Sinclair

Leona Hamilton

Photo of Laurence Fishburne

Laurence Fishburne

Wilford Robinson

Photo of Logan Ramsey

Logan Ramsey

Deputy Coroner

Photo of Charles Lampkin

Charles Lampkin

Fred Jenkins

Photo of Stefan Gierasch

Stefan Gierasch

Sgt. Danaher

Photo of Stack Pierce

Stack Pierce

Sam Hamilton

Photo of Tierre Turner

Tierre Turner

Earl Carter

Photo of Jamaal Wilkes

Jamaal Wilkes

Nathaniel 'Cornbread' Hamilton

Photo of Hal Baylor

Hal Baylor

Mr. Wilson

Photo of J. Jay Saunders

J. Jay Saunders

Mr. Johnson

Photo of Sarina C. Grant

Sarina C. Grant

Mrs. Parsons

Photo of Don McGovern

Don McGovern

Det. Kelly

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