A Piece of the Action
A Piece of the Action
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.
Country: US
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Release: 1977-10-07
Director: Sidney Poitier
Production: First Artists, Verdon Productions Limited, Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, James Earl Jones, Denise Nicholas, Hope Clarke
Tagline: A delightfully delicious dilemma!
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