A Piece of the Action
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A Piece of the Action

“A delightfully delicious dilemma!”

★ 5.8/10 TMDB 1977-10-07 135 min

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
Sidney Poitier
Manny Durrell
Bill Cosby
Bill Cosby
Dave Anderson
James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones
Joshua Burke
Denise Nicholas
Denise Nicholas
Lila French
Hope Clarke
Hope Clarke
Sarah Thomas
Tracy Reed
Tracy Reed
Nikki McLean
Ja'net DuBois
Ja'net DuBois
Nellie Bond
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Barbara Hanley
Titos Vandis
Titos Vandis
Bruno
Frances Foster
Frances Foster
Bea Quitman
Jason Evers
Jason Evers
Ty Shorter
Marc Lawrence
Marc Lawrence
Louie
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