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Cornbread, Earl and Me

Release Date: 1975-05-21

Rating: ⭐ 6.682/10 (11 votes)

Genres: Drama

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.

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🎭 Top Cast

Laurence Fishburne
Laurence Fishburne
as Wilford Robinson
Tierre Turner
Tierre Turner
as Earl Carter
Jamaal Wilkes
Jamaal Wilkes
as Nathaniel 'Cornbread' Hamilton
Moses Gunn
Moses Gunn
as Benjamin Blackwell
Rosalind Cash
Rosalind Cash
as Sarah Robinson
Bernie Casey
Bernie Casey
as Officer Larry Atkins

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