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A Piece of the Action

Sidney Poitier

1977 • 2h 15m

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 j...

A Piece of the Action

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Cast

Sidney Poitier

Sidney PoitierManny Durrell

Bill Cosby

Bill CosbyDave Anderson

James Earl Jones

James Earl JonesJoshua Burke

Denise Nicholas

Denise NicholasLila French

Hope Clarke

Hope ClarkeSarah Thomas

Tracy Reed

Tracy ReedNikki McLean

Ja'net DuBois

Ja'net DuBoisNellie Bond

Sheryl Lee Ralph

Sheryl Lee RalphBarbara Hanley

Titos Vandis

Titos VandisBruno

Frances Foster

Frances FosterBea Quitman

Jason Evers

Jason EversTy Shorter

Marc Lawrence

Marc LawrenceLouie

Ernest Lee Thomas

Ernest Lee ThomasJohn

Eric Laneuville

Eric LaneuvilleGerald

Estelle Evans

Estelle EvansAlberta Ballard

Crew

Sidney Poitier

Sidney PoitierDirector

Bob Minor

Bob MinorStunts

Henry Kingi

Henry KingiStunt Coordinator

Tony Brubaker

Tony BrubakerStunt Double

Curtis Mayfield

Curtis MayfieldOriginal Music Composer

Drew Struzan

Drew StruzanArt Designer

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