Cornbread, Earl and Me
Joseph Manduke1975-05-21
He Had the Lightest Touch in a Heavy Town.
6.7
95 min
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
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Moses Gunn | Benjamin Blackwell | Unowned |
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Rosalind Cash | Sarah Robinson | Unowned |
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Bernie Casey | Officer Larry Atkins | Unowned |
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Madge Sinclair | Leona Hamilton | Unowned |
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Laurence Fishburne | Wilford Robinson | Hangin with Mr. Cooper |
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Thalmus Rasulala | Charlie | Unowned |
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Antonio Fargas | One-Eye | Unowned |
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Logan Ramsey | Deputy Coroner | Unowned |
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Vince Martorano | Officer John Golich | Unowned |
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Charles Lampkin | Fred Jenkins | Unowned |
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Stefan Gierasch | Sgt. Danaher | Unowned |
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Stack Pierce | Sam Hamilton | Unowned |
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Tierre Turner | Earl Carter | Unowned |
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Jamaal Wilkes | Nathaniel 'Cornbread' Hamilton | Unowned |
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Erik Kilpatrick | Ace | Unowned |
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Bill Henderson | Watkins | Unowned |
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Randy Martin | Shifty | Unowned |
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Hal Baylor | Mr. Wilson | Unowned |
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J. Jay Saunders | Mr. Johnson | Unowned |
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Don Newsome | Jack | Unowned |
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Sarina C. Grant | Mrs. Parsons | Unowned |
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John Zaccaro | Det. Simmons | Unowned |
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Don McGovern | Det. Kelly | Unowned |
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Pamela Jones | Diane | Unowned |
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Al Stevenson | Mr. Carter | Unowned |
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William Upton | Stud | Unowned |
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Beverly Hope Atkinson | Edna | Unowned |
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Tom Maier | Morgue Man (as Tommy Maier) | Unowned |
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Hank Rolike | Man | Unowned |
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Sandy Ward | Store Manager | Unowned |
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David Moody | Al | Unowned |
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Fred Slyter | Bailiff | Unowned |