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.
Cast
Moses Gunn
Rosalind Cash
Bernie Casey
Madge Sinclair
Laurence Fishburne
Thalmus Rasulala
Antonio Fargas
Logan Ramsey
Vince Martorano
Charles Lampkin