A Piece of the Action (1977)
A Piece of the Action (1977)
A delightfully delicious dilemma!
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

Sidney Poitier Sidney Poitier As: Manny Durrell
Bill Cosby Bill Cosby As: Dave Anderson
James Earl Jones James Earl Jones As: Joshua Burke
Denise Nicholas Denise Nicholas As: Lila French
Hope Clarke Hope Clarke As: Sarah Thomas
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Storyline

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.


Tagline: A delightfully delicious dilemma!
Certification: PG

Details

Genres: Comedy, Crime

Language: English, Español

Release Date: 07 October 1977

Country: US

Runtime: 135m

Company Credits

Company: First Artists, Verdon Productions Limited, Warner Bros. Pictures

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Writing Credits

Production Crew

Edited By

Costume and Makeup

Not currently known.

Sound

Curtis Mayfield

Curtis Mayfield

Original Music Composer

Visual Effects

Not currently known.

Camera

Donald M. Morgan

Donald M. Morgan

Director of Photography

Lighting

Not currently known.

Art Department

Alfred Sweeney

Alfred Sweeney

Production Design

Other Crew

Bob Minor

Bob Minor

Stunts

Henry Kingi

Henry Kingi

Stunt Coordinator

Tony Brubaker

Tony Brubaker

Stunt Double

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