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
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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 / Director
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
James Wheaton
Voisin Waiter
Karen Rea
CastingDirector
Bob Minor
Stunts
Henry Kingi
Stunt Coordinator
Tony Brubaker
Stunt Double
Alfred Sweeney
Production Design
Melville Tucker
Producer
Pembroke J. Herring
Editor
Charles Blackwell
Screenplay
Donald M. Morgan
Director of Photography
Curtis Mayfield
Original Music Composer
Timothy March
Story
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 7, 1977
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 15m
Content RatingPG
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This Movie Is About.
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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.
The film focuses on two high-class thieves who have managed to evade arrests. A retired detective blackmails them into working for a youth center and into assisting in the reformation of juvenile delinquents.
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