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A Piece of the Action(1977)
Status: Released
Date: 1977-10-07
56%
17 Votes
Time: 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.
Languages: English, Spanish.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Verdon Productions Limited
Movie: A Piece of the Action
Top 10 Billed Cast
Sidney Poitier
Manny Durrell
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
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