A Piece of the Action

A Piece of the Action (1977)

A delightfully delicious dilemma!

  • Genre: Comedy, Crime
  • Release Date: 1977-10-07
  • User Rating: 5.5/10 from 15 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 15min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: First Artists
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Sidney Poitier
star 5.5/10
From 15 Ratings

Summary

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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  • Sidney Poitier

    as Manny Durrell
  • Bill Cosby

    as Dave Anderson
  • James Earl Jones

    as Joshua Burke
  • Denise Nicholas

    as Lila French
  • Hope Clarke

    as Sarah Thomas
  • Tracy Reed

    as Nikki McLean
  • Ja'net DuBois

    as Nellie Bond
  • Sheryl Lee Ralph

    as Barbara Hanley
  • Titos Vandis

    as Bruno
  • Frances Foster

    as Bea Quitman
  • Jason Evers

    as Ty Shorter
  • Marc Lawrence

    as Louie
  • Ernest Lee Thomas

    as John
  • Eric Laneuville

    as Gerald
  • Estelle Evans

    as Alberta Ballard
  • Bill Walker

    as Clair Hurst
  • Angus Scrimm

    as Monk
  • Tamu Blackwell

    as Cheryl
  • James Wheaton

    as Voisin Waiter
Directing Sidney Poitier Director
Crew Bob Minor Stunts
Crew Henry Kingi Stunt Coordinator
Crew Tony Brubaker Stunt Double
Art Alfred Sweeney Production Design
Production Melville Tucker Producer
Editing Pembroke J. Herring Editor
Writing Charles Blackwell Screenplay
Camera Donald M. Morgan Director of Photography
Sound Curtis Mayfield Original Music Composer
Writing Timothy March Story

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