Movie

Cornbread, Earl and Me

★ 6.8/10 · 16 votes 1975 1h 35m Released

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.

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