Cornbread, Earl and Me
1975 · 1h 35m · 6.8
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.
Moses Gunn, Rosalind Cash, Bernie Casey, Madge Sinclair, Laurence Fishburne, Thalmus Rasulala, Antonio Fargas, Logan Ramsey, Vince Martorano, Charles Lampkin
police brutality, coming of age, courtroom, basketball player