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Cornbread, Earl and Me
“He Had the Lightest Touch in a Heavy Town.”
67%
Movie
1h 35m
AI Analysis
Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975) — a movie tagged as Drama with nostalgic moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: 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 unde… Our models also surface themes such as ai from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~95 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Cornbread, Earl and Me 67% (13 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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Synopsis
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.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1975-05-21
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- TMDB rating
- 6.7
- TMDB ID
- 37754
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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. T... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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Cast

Moses Gunn
Benjamin Blackwell

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
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Vince Martorano
Officer John Golich

Charles Lampkin
Fred Jenkins

Stefan Gierasch
Sgt. Danaher

Stack Pierce
Sam Hamilton
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Tierre Turner
Earl Carter

Jamaal Wilkes
Nathaniel 'Cornbread' Hamilton

Erik Kilpatrick
Ace

Bill Henderson
Watkins
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Randy Martin
Shifty

Hal Baylor
Mr. Wilson
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