Cornbread, Earl and Me

Name: Cornbread, Earl and Me
Genre: Drama
Released: 1975-05-21
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 6.75
Cast: Moses Gunn, Rosalind Cash, Bernie Casey, Madge Sinclair, Laurence Fishburne

He Had the Lightest Touch in a Heavy Town.

6.8 (14)1975-05-211h 35m

Drama

Overview

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.