A Piece of the Action (1977)
2h 15m
Running Time
October 7, 1977Release Date
A Piece of the Action (1977)
2h 15m
Running Time
October 7, 1977Release Date
Plot.
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.
Sidney Poitier
Manny Durrell
Bill Cosby
Dave Anderson
James Earl Jones
Joshua Burke
Denise Nicholas
Lila French
Hope Clarke
Sarah Thomas
Ja'net DuBois
Nellie Bond
Tracy Reed
Nikki McLean
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Barbara Hanley
Titos Vandis
Bruno
Frances Foster
Bea Quitman
Jason Evers
Ty Shorter
Marc Lawrence
Louie
Charles Blackwell
Writer
Ernest Lee Thomas
John
Eric Laneuville
Gerald
Timothy March
Writer
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 7, 1977
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 15m
Content RatingPG
Genres
Wiki.
A Piece of the Action is a 1977 American crime comedy film directed by and starring Sidney Poitier and co-starring Bill Cosby. It was the third film pairing of Poitier and Cosby, following Uptown Saturday Night (1974) and Let's Do It Again (1975). The films are considered a trilogy, even though the actors play characters with different names in each film. It was also Poitier's last acting role for more than a decade, as he focused his attentions on directing.