Cornbread, Earl and Me 1975

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:

Laurence Fishburne
Wilford Robinson 

Tierre Turner
Earl Carter 

Jamaal Wilkes
Nathaniel 'Cornbread' Hamilton 

Moses Gunn
Benjamin Blackwell 

Rosalind Cash
Sarah Robinson 

Bernie Casey
Officer Larry Atkins