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A Piece of the Action

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.

1977 |2h 15m |  Comedy, Crime

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Cast

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Sidney Poitier

Manny Durrell

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Bill Cosby

Dave Anderson

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James Earl Jones

Joshua Burke

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Denise Nicholas

Lila French

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Hope Clarke

Sarah Thomas

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Tracy Reed

Nikki McLean

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Ja'net DuBois

Nellie Bond

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Sheryl Lee Ralph

Barbara Hanley

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Titos Vandis

Bruno

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Frances Foster

Bea Quitman

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Jason Evers

Ty Shorter

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Marc Lawrence

Louie

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Ernest Lee Thomas

John

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Estelle Evans

Alberta Ballard

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Bill Walker

Clair Hurst

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Angus Scrimm

Monk

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Tamu Blackwell

Cheryl

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James Wheaton

Voisin Waiter

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Status

Released

Language

English, Spanish

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