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Cornbread, Earl and Me

Name: Cornbread, Earl and Me
Director: Joseph Manduke
Genre: Drama
Released: 1975-05-21
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Moses Gunn, Rosalind Cash, Bernie Casey, Madge Sinclair, Laurence Fishburne

Release Date: May 21, 1975

Genre: Drama

Duration: 1h 35m

Rating: ⭐ 6.7/10

Director: Joseph Manduke

Cast: Moses Gunn, Rosalind Cash, Bernie Casey, Madge Sinclair, Laurence Fishburne

Storyline

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.