Cornbread, Earl and Me

1975 1h 35m ★6.8

Cornbread, Earl and Me

“He Had the Lightest Touch in a Heavy Town.”

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.

Release Date May 21, 1975
Runtime 1h 35m
Language English
Director Joseph Manduke
Category Drama
Rating 6.8 / 10 (TMDb)
Year 1975
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