A Piece of the Action
Oct 07 1977
•2h 15m
•Comedy, Crime
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.
Cast
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Sidney Poitier
Manny Durrell
Bill Cosby
Dave Anderson
James Earl Jones
Joshua Burke
Denise Nicholas
Lila French
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