Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Moses Gunn	...	Benjamin Blackwell
	Rosalind Cash	...	Sarah Robinson
	Bernie Casey	...	Officer Larry Atkins
	Madge Sinclair	...	Leona Hamilton
	Jamaal Wilkes	...	Nathaniel 'Cornbread' Hamilton (as Keith Wilkes)
	Stefan Gierasch	...	Sgt. Danaher
	Charles Lampkin	...	Fred Jenkins
	Vince Martorano	...	Officer John Golich
	Logan Ramsey	...	Deputy Coroner
	Thalmus Rasulala	...	Charlie
	Antonio Fargas	...	One-Eye
	Laurence Fishburne	...	Wilford Robinson (as Laurence Fishburne III)
	Stack Pierce	...	Sam Hamilton
	Tierre Turner	...	Earl Carter
	Bill Henderson	...	Watkins

Storyline

Nathaniel "Cornbread" Hamilton was the black urban dream and a hero to youngsters Wilford Robinson and Earl Carter. Shortly before he would have become the first man from his community to go to college, he demonstrates his scholarship-winning running ability to his friends and admirers in the neighborhood. At the same time, the police are on a manhunt for an armed rapist. They mistake Cornbread for the rapist and shoot him dead in the street. In the aftermath of the community's shattered dream, and in the face of an intimidating police cover-up, Wilford is determined not to betray the memory of his hero. Written by SamBlob  

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