Cornbread, Earl and Me

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.

Directed by Joseph Manduke

Top cast

Moses Gunn

Benjamin Blackwell

Rosalind Cash

Sarah Robinson

Bernie Casey

Officer Larry Atkins

Madge Sinclair

Leona Hamilton

Laurence Fishburne

Wilford Robinson

Thalmus Rasulala

Charlie

Antonio Fargas

One-Eye

Logan Ramsey

Deputy Coroner

V

Vince Martorano

Officer John Golich

Charles Lampkin

Fred Jenkins

Stefan Gierasch

Sgt. Danaher

Stack Pierce

Sam Hamilton

T

Tierre Turner

Earl Carter

Jamaal Wilkes

Nathaniel 'Cornbread' Hamilton

Erik Kilpatrick

Ace

Bill Henderson

Watkins

R

Randy Martin

Shifty

Hal Baylor

Mr. Wilson

J. Jay Saunders

Mr. Johnson

D

Don Newsome

Jack

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