A Piece of the Action

How does retired cop Joshua Burke (James Earl Jones) get two career criminals, Manny Durrell (Sidney Poitier) and Dave Anderson (Bill Cosby), to follow the straight and narrow? Con them into helping juvenile delinquents turn over a new leaf. But how? Burke has never been able to nail the duo, but he uses what he knows of their seedy past to blackmail them into volunteering.

• Sidney PoitierDirector
• Charles BlackwellScreenplay
• Curtis MayfieldOriginal Music Composer

• Sidney PoitierManny Durrell
• Bill CosbyDave Anderson
• James Earl JonesJoshua Burke
• Denise NicholasLila French
• Hope ClarkeSarah Thomas
• Tracy ReedNikki McLean
• Ja'net DuBoisNellie Bond
• Sheryl Lee RalphBarbara Hanley
• Titos VandisBruno
• Frances FosterBea Quitman
• Jason EversTy Shorter
• Marc LawrenceLouie