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Cornbread, Earl and Me

  • 1975
  • PG
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
1.1K
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Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975)
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A 12-year-old is traumatised by the murder of his friend, a star basketball player.A 12-year-old is traumatised by the murder of his friend, a star basketball player.A 12-year-old is traumatised by the murder of his friend, a star basketball player.

  • Director
    • Joseph Manduke
  • Writers
    • Ronald Fair
    • Leonard Lamensdorf
  • Stars
    • Moses Gunn
    • Rosalind Cash
    • Bernie Casey
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    1.1K
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    • Director
      • Joseph Manduke
    • Writers
      • Ronald Fair
      • Leonard Lamensdorf
    • Stars
      • Moses Gunn
      • Rosalind Cash
      • Bernie Casey
    • 17User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Moses Gunn
    Moses Gunn
    • Benjamin Blackwell
    Rosalind Cash
    Rosalind Cash
    • Sarah Robinson
    Bernie Casey
    Bernie Casey
    • Officer Larry Atkins
    Madge Sinclair
    Madge Sinclair
    • Leona Hamilton
    Jamaal Wilkes
    Jamaal Wilkes
    • Nathaniel 'Cornbread' Hamilton
    • (as Keith Wilkes)
    Stefan Gierasch
    Stefan Gierasch
    • Sgt. Danaher
    Charles Lampkin
    Charles Lampkin
    • Fred Jenkins
    Vince Martorano
    Vince Martorano
    • Officer John Golich
    Logan Ramsey
    Logan Ramsey
    • Deputy Coroner
    Thalmus Rasulala
    Thalmus Rasulala
    • Charlie
    Antonio Fargas
    Antonio Fargas
    • One-Eye
    Laurence Fishburne
    Laurence Fishburne
    • Wilford Robinson
    • (as Laurence Fishburne III)
    Stack Pierce
    Stack Pierce
    • Sam Hamilton
    Tierre Turner
    Tierre Turner
    • Earl Carter
    Bill Henderson
    Bill Henderson
    • Watkins
    Randy Martin
    Randy Martin
    • Shifty
    Don Newsome
    • Jack
    Erik Kilpatrick
    Erik Kilpatrick
    • Ace
    • Director
      • Joseph Manduke
    • Writers
      • Ronald Fair
      • Leonard Lamensdorf
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      Laurence Fishburne's film debut. He is credited as Laurence Fishburne III.
    • Goofs
      When a clay pot is thrown at Officer Atkins and hits the windshield of his cruiser, it breaks. Pieces of glass hit Atkins and embed in his face. But windshields are made of safety glass and though windshields break, they keep the glass in place. So, the glass in this windshield would NOT have flown at Atkins, let alone embed in his face. He would have come out of this situation shaken but physically unharmed.
    • Quotes

      Wilford Robinson: ...they killed Cornbread and he wasn't doin' nothin'

      [pause]

      Wilford Robinson: all he was doin wuz jus goin' home...

    • Connections
      Featured in Dusk to Dawn Drive-in Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 2 (1996)
    • Soundtracks
      Wilford's Gone
      Written by Donald Byrd

      Performed by Donald Byrd with The Blackbyrds

    User reviews17

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    8/10

    Heartfelt and moving film

    I think the label of blaxploitation for this film is quite unfair- it's heartfelt, various Black and White characters are shown as flawed rather than the "us vs. them" mentality of many racially charged films of that era- and you deeply care about what happens to everyone involved. Plus Moses Gunn is as fine an actor as ever set foot on the silver screen. Just thoroughly enjoyed it in spite of low budget feel and some clichéd moments. I even got choked up at times. Well worth seeing. Additionally, I was quite saddened to find that so many of the cast died relatively young. For a film from the mid 70s, there's an awful lot of actors in this movie no longer with us.
    • evan_ginzburg
    • Aug 21, 2010
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    • Release date
      • May 21, 1975 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • MGM
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Hit the Open Man
    • Filming locations
      • Pike Amusement Park - 95 South Pine Avenue, Long Beach, California, USA(demolished)
    • Production companies
      • American International Pictures (AIP)
      • ML Productions
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    • Budget
      • $800,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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