Cornbread, Earl and Me

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.

6.7

95 min

Cast

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

Thalmus Rasulala

as Charlie

Antonio Fargas

as One-Eye

Logan Ramsey

as Deputy Coroner

Vince Martorano

as Officer John Golich

Charles Lampkin

as Fred Jenkins

Stefan Gierasch

as Sgt. Danaher

Stack Pierce

as Sam Hamilton

Tierre Turner

as Earl Carter

Jamaal Wilkes

as Nathaniel 'Cornbread' Hamilton

Erik Kilpatrick

as Ace

Bill Henderson

as Watkins

Randy Martin

as Shifty

Hal Baylor

as Mr. Wilson

J. Jay Saunders

as Mr. Johnson

Don Newsome

as Jack

Sarina C. Grant

as Mrs. Parsons

John Zaccaro

as Det. Simmons

Don McGovern

as Det. Kelly

Pamela Jones

as Diane

Al Stevenson

as Mr. Carter

William Upton

as Stud

Beverly Hope Atkinson

as Edna

Tom Maier

as Morgue Man (as Tommy Maier)

Hank Rolike

as Man

Sandy Ward

as Store Manager

David Moody

as Al

Fred Slyter

as Bailiff

Director

Joseph Manduke