A Piece of the Action
1977, Film, 135 min, Comedy, Crime, English, United States, MoviePedia score 63
A delightfully delicious dilemma!
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.
Directed by Sidney Poitier
Cast
- 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
- Titos Vandis as Bruno
- Frances Foster as Bea Quitman
- Jason Evers as Ty Shorter
- Marc Lawrence as Louie
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