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.

• Joseph MandukeDirector
• Leonard LamensdorfScreenplay
• Donald ByrdOriginal Music Composer

• Moses GunnBenjamin Blackwell
• Rosalind CashSarah Robinson
• Bernie CaseyOfficer Larry Atkins
• Madge SinclairLeona Hamilton
• Laurence FishburneWilford Robinson
• Thalmus RasulalaCharlie
• Antonio FargasOne-Eye
• Logan RamseyDeputy Coroner
• Vince MartoranoOfficer John Golich
• Charles LampkinFred Jenkins
• Stefan GieraschSgt. Danaher
• Stack PierceSam Hamilton