A Piece of the Action (1977)

  • PG
  • 10/07/1977 (US)
  • Comedy, Crime
  • 2h 15m

A delightfully delicious dilemma!

Overview

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.

Sidney Poitier

Director

Charles Blackwell

Screenplay

Timothy March

Story

Cast

Sidney Poitier's headshot

Sidney Poitier

Manny Durrell
Bill Cosby's headshot

Bill Cosby

Dave Anderson
James Earl Jones's headshot

James Earl Jones

Joshua Burke
Denise Nicholas's headshot

Denise Nicholas

Lila French
Hope Clarke's headshot

Hope Clarke

Sarah Thomas
Tracy Reed's headshot

Tracy Reed

Nikki McLean
Ja'net DuBois's headshot

Ja'net DuBois

Nellie Bond
Sheryl Lee Ralph's headshot

Sheryl Lee Ralph

Barbara Hanley

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