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A Piece of the Action

1977 · 135 min · Comedy · Crime

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.

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Sidney Poitier — Director

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Sidney Poitier portraitSidney PoitierManny DurrellBill Cosby portraitBill CosbyDave AndersonJames Earl Jones portraitJames Earl JonesJoshua BurkeDenise Nicholas portraitDenise NicholasLila FrenchHope Clarke portraitHope ClarkeSarah ThomasTracy Reed portraitTracy ReedNikki McLeanJa'net DuBois portraitJa'net DuBoisNellie BondSheryl Lee Ralph portraitSheryl Lee RalphBarbara HanleyTitos Vandis portraitTitos VandisBrunoFrances Foster portraitFrances FosterBea Quitman

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