Cornbread, Earl and Me
Released: May 21, 1975Runtime: 95 minRated: MPA · PG
A 12-year-old is traumatised by the murder of his friend, a star basketball player.
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Top billed cast
Moses Gunn
as Benjamin Blackwell
Rosalind Cash
Bernie Casey
as Officer Larry Atkins
Madge Sinclair
as Leona Hamilton
Jamaal Wilkes
as Nathaniel 'Cornbread' Hamilton
Stefan Gierasch
as Sgt. Danaher
Charles Lampkin
as Fred Jenkins
Vince Martorano
as Officer John Golich
Logan Ramsey
as Deputy Coroner
Thalmus Rasulala
as Charlie
Antonio Fargas
Laurence Fishburne
as Laurence Fishburne III)
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23Stack Pierce
Tierre Turner
Bill Henderson
Randy Martin
Don Newsome
Erik Kilpatrick
Sarina C Grant
John Zaccaro
as John F. Zaccaro)
Don Mcgovern
Hal Baylor
Pamela Jones
J Jay Saunders
Al Stevenson
William Upton
Beverly Hope Atkinson
Tom Maier
as Tommy Maier)
Hank Rolike
Sandy Ward
David Moody
Fred Slyter
Bobby Webb
Mike Mccants
Eugene Davis Jr
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2Producers
3Other crew
29Gerry Jordan
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Andy Nelhams
Camera and Electrical Department
Byron White
Camera and Electrical Department
Chuck Morgan
Camera and Electrical Department
Doug Pentek
Camera and Electrical Department
Joseph M Wilcots
Camera and Electrical Department
Larry Butler
Camera and Electrical Department
Robert Schunke
Camera and Electrical Department
Eddie Smith
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Jules Brenner
Cinematographer
Donald Byrd
Composer
Harold Crawford
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