A Piece of the Action

5.8 1977 135 min
PG
Comedy Crime

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…

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Director
Sidney Poitier
Writers
Charles Blackwell, Timothy March
Classification
PG

Cast

The cast behind this title

Sidney Poitier Manny Durrell
Bill Cosby Dave Anderson
James Earl Jones Joshua Burke
Denise Nicholas Lila French
Hope Clarke Sarah Thomas
Tracy Reed Nikki McLean
Ja'net DuBois Nellie Bond
Sheryl Lee Ralph Barbara Hanley
Titos Vandis Bruno
Frances Foster Bea Quitman
Jason Evers Ty Shorter
Marc Lawrence Louie
Ernest Lee Thomas John
Eric Laneuville Gerald
Estelle Evans Alberta Ballard
Bill Walker Clair Hurst
Angus Scrimm Monk
Tamu Blackwell Cheryl

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