A Piece of the Action
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1977-10-07
Runtime: 135 mins
Director: Sidney Poitier
Spoken language: English, Español
Genres: Comedy, Crime
Original title: A Piece of the Action
Production Companies: First Artists, Verdon Productions Limited, Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
Sidney Poitier
Bill Cosby
James Earl Jones
Denise Nicholas
Hope Clarke
Tracy Reed
Ja'net DuBois
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Titos Vandis
Frances Foster
Jason Evers
Marc Lawrence
Ernest Lee Thomas
Eric Laneuville
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