Cornbread, Earl and Me
- Released on
- Runtime
- 95 mins
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.
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
- Rosalind Cash
- Bernie Casey
- Madge Sinclair
- Laurence Fishburne
- Thalmus Rasulala
- Antonio Fargas
- Logan Ramsey
- Vince Martorano
- Charles Lampkin
- Stefan Gierasch
- Stack Pierce
- Tierre Turner
- Jamaal Wilkes
- Erik Kilpatrick
- Bill Henderson
- Randy Martin
- Hal Baylor
- J. Jay Saunders
- Don Newsome
- Sarina C. Grant
- John Zaccaro
- Don McGovern
- Pamela Jones
- Al Stevenson
- William Upton
- Beverly Hope Atkinson
- Tom Maier
- Hank Rolike
- Sandy Ward
- David Moody
- Fred Slyter
Director
- Joseph Manduke
Producers
Screenwriter
- Leonard Lamensdorf
