Cornbread, Earl and Me 48 years old

He Had the Lightest Touch in a Heavy Town.

Cornbread, Earl and Me

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.

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Cornbread, Earl and Me Cast

Name Character
Laurence Fishburne He was 13, now 62 years old as Wilford Robinson
Rosalind Cash She was 36, 56 years old when she died as Sarah Robinson
Antonio Fargas He was 28, now 77 years old as One-Eye
Moses Gunn He was 45, 64 years old when he died as Benjamin Blackwell
Stack Pierce He was 41, 82 years old when he died as Sam Hamilton
Bernie Casey He was 35, 78 years old when he died as Officer Larry Atkins

Cornbread, Earl and Me Crew

Name Department
Joseph Manduke as Director. Directing
Ronald Fair as Novel. He was 42 (now 91) years old Writing
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Cornbread, Earl and Me (48 years)

He Had the Lightest Touch in a Heavy Town.

  • Release day: Wednesday, May 21, 1975
  • Runtime: 95 minutes