Cornbread, Earl and Me

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Laurence Fishburne

Wilford Robinson

Age : N/A | Popularity : 100%

Tierre Turner

Earl Carter

Age : N/A | Popularity : 10%

Jamaal Wilkes

Nathaniel 'Cornbread' Hamilton

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Moses Gunn

Benjamin Blackwell

Age : 64 | Popularity : 41%

Rosalind Cash

Sarah Robinson

Age : 56 | Popularity : 45%

Bernie Casey

Officer Larry Atkins

Age : N/A | Popularity : 55%

Antonio Fargas

One-Eye

Age : 78 | Popularity : 78%

Stack Pierce

Sam Hamilton

Age : 82 | Popularity : 28%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Novel	Ronald Fair
	Screenplay	Leonard Lamensdorf
Directing	Director	Joseph Manduke
Department	Role	Name

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