
Cornbread, Earl and Me
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May 21, 1975
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Drama
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.
Featured Crew
Joseph Manduke
Director
Ronald Fair
Novel
Leonard Lamensdorf
Screenplay
Cast

Laurence Fishburne
Wilford Robinson

Tierre Turner
Earl Carter

Jamaal Wilkes
Nathaniel 'Cornbread' Hamilton

Moses Gunn
Benjamin Blackwell

Rosalind Cash
Sarah Robinson