A Piece of the Action

October. 07,1977      PG
Rating:
6.4
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

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

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