A Piece of the Action (1977)

Name: A Piece of the Action
Director: Sidney Poitier
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Released: 1977-10-07
Duration: 135 min
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, James Earl Jones, Denise Nicholas, Hope Clarke

19772h 15mPGComedyCrime

How does retired cop Joshua Burke (James Earl Jones) get two career criminals, Manny Durrell (Sidney Poitier) and Dave Anderson (Bill Cosby), to follow the straight and narrow? Con them into helping juvenile delinquents turn over a new leaf. But how? Burke has never been able to nail the duo, but he uses what he knows of their seedy past to blackmail them into volunteering.

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Cast

Crew

Director: Sidney Poitier
Writers: Charles Blackwell Timothy March
Producers: Melville Tucker
Music: Curtis Mayfield
Cinematography: Donald M. Morgan
Editing: Pembroke J. Herring

Details

Released: October 7, 1977
Language: English
Studio: First Artists, Verdon Productions Limited, Warner Bros. Pictures
IMDb: tt0076543