Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975)
He Had the Lightest Touch in a Heavy Town.
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.
- Release date
- May 21, 1975
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Moses Gunn as Benjamin Blackwell
- Rosalind Cash as Sarah Robinson
- Bernie Casey as Officer Larry Atkins
- Madge Sinclair as Leona Hamilton
- Jamaal Wilkes as Nathaniel 'Cornbread' Hamilton
- Stefan Gierasch as Sgt. Danaher
- Charles Lampkin as Fred Jenkins
- Vince Martorano as Officer John Golich
- Logan Ramsey as Deputy Coroner
- Thalmus Rasulala as Charlie
Crew
- Joseph Manduke · Director
- Ronald Fair · Writer
- Leonard Lamensdorf · Writer
- Joseph Manduke · Producer
- Donald Byrd · Composer
- Jules Brenner · Cinematographer
- Aaron Stell · Editor
- Lynn Stalmaster · Casting director