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67% Critic Match
Cornbread, Earl and Me
“He Had the Lightest Touch in a Heavy Town.”
6.7 / 10• 1975• 1h 35m•PG• English
Drama
Storyline
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 & Crew
Moses Gunn
Benjamin Blackwell
Lead
Rosalind Cash
Sarah Robinson
Bernie Casey
Officer Larry Atkins
Madge Sinclair
Leona Hamilton
Laurence Fishburne
Wilford Robinson
Thalmus Rasulala
Charlie
Antonio Fargas
One-Eye
Logan Ramsey
Deputy Coroner
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Joseph Manduke's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Cornbread, Earl and Me is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
