Cornbread, Earl and Me

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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  Joseph Manduke

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  Moses Gunn
  Benjamin Blackwell
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  Rosalind Cash
  Sarah Robinson
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  Bernie Casey
  Officer Larry Atkins
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  Madge Sinclair
  Leona Hamilton
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  Laurence Fishburne
  Wilford Robinson
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  Thalmus Rasulala
  Charlie
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  Antonio Fargas
  One-Eye
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  Logan Ramsey
  Deputy Coroner
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  Vince Martorano
  Officer John Golich
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  Charles Lampkin
  Fred Jenkins
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  Stefan Gierasch
  Sgt. Danaher
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  Stack Pierce
  Sam Hamilton
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  Tierre Turner
  Earl Carter
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  Jamaal Wilkes
  Nathaniel 'Cornbread' Hamilton
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  Erik Kilpatrick
  Ace
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  Bill Henderson
  Watkins
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  Randy Martin
  Shifty
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  Hal Baylor
  Mr. Wilson
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  J. Jay Saunders
  Mr. Johnson
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  Don Newsome
  Jack