A Piece of the Action

Name: A Piece of the Action
Released: 1977-10-07

1977· PG· 2h 15m· Comedy· Crime

“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 & Characters

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Key Crew

DirectorSidney Poitier

ScreenplayCharles Blackwell

ProducerMelville Tucker

Director of PhotographyDonald M. Morgan

Original Music ComposerCurtis Mayfield

EditorPembroke J. Herring

Full cast & crew (30 cast · 12 crew)

Details

Released1977-10-07

Runtime2h 15m · PG

StatusReleased

StudiosFirst Artists · Verdon Productions Limited · Warner Bros. Pictures

LanguagesEnglish · Spanish

CountriesUnited States of America

Rating5.8/10 · 20 votes

Original languageen

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