Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975)

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.

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	Moses Gunn	As: Benjamin Blackwell
	Rosalind Cash	As: Sarah Robinson
	Bernie Casey	As: Officer Larry Atkins
	Madge Sinclair	As: Leona Hamilton
	Laurence Fishburne	As: Wilford Robinson

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Tagline:	He Had the Lightest Touch in a Heavy Town.
Certification:	PG

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Genres: Drama

Language: English

Release Date: 21 May 1975

Country: US

Runtime: 95m

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Cast

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