A Piece of the Action
1977 · 135 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 1,549 VOTES · DIR. Sidney Poitier
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 734 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:07:33 Numbers, girls, cigarette bulk ads, secured loans.
00:12:55 ...and now there's nobody here!
00:16:01 Those are the first places they'll look.
00:22:01 I want to talk to you about a 12-story leap...
00:26:02 You don't come, you got nothing but time.
00:28:37 -We have to. -Needless to say, your note made my day.
00:30:24 Isn't it thrilling?
00:32:04 You will be watched and graded. You will be a success.
00:34:20 -How you doing, Mr. Hewitt? -Hi.
00:37:08 Take your seats.
00:39:05 -You mean, who his booster is, man. -These are my threads and my booster.
00:43:01 Anthony's gonna pay dues.
00:45:13 Reverend Clair Hurst, Carmel Independent Baptist Church.
00:47:31 -Oh, well, Nikki is going to be surprised. -I'm sure she is.
00:49:18 The Bible says, "Let them marry." 1 Corinthians.
00:51:52 -Hello. -Class, your personal appearance...
00:54:03 And where y'all live? Not around here, I bet you that.
00:56:40 There's nothing wrong with being middle-class.
00:58:51 Sarah, you're good people.
01:02:47 I wanna decide on our cut.
01:05:50 They said you were gonna put them to work.
01:08:03 -Miss Thomas, over here! -Miss Thomas?
01:09:57 Now...
01:11:57 But my mother--
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed734
Dialogue density5.4 lines / min
First line00:07:33
Final line01:11:57
Production Record
DirectorSidney Poitier
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,549