police brutality,coming of age,courtroom,basketball player

Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975)

Poster for Cornbread, Earl and Me

He Had the Lightest Touch in a Heavy Town.

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Joseph Manduke
  • Profile picture of Laurence Fishburne
    Wilford Robinson Laurence Fishburne
  • Profile picture of Tierre Turner
    Earl Carter Tierre Turner
  • Profile picture of Jamaal Wilkes
    Nathaniel 'Cornbread' Hamilton Jamaal Wilkes
  • Profile picture of Moses Gunn
    Benjamin Blackwell Moses Gunn
  • Profile picture of Rosalind Cash
    Sarah Robinson Rosalind Cash
  • Profile picture of Bernie Casey
    Officer Larry Atkins Bernie Casey
  • Profile picture of Antonio Fargas
    One-Eye Antonio Fargas
  • Profile picture of Stack Pierce
    Sam Hamilton Stack Pierce

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Keywords

  • police brutality
  • coming of age
  • courtroom
  • basketball player