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!
00:16:04 Don't worry. Where I'm going--
00:22:16 Be there. It's important to you.
00:26:21 -Yeah. -"Manny."
00:28:50 ...and I was wondering if you'd let us-- Let him read it.
00:30:37 ...five days a week? There's so much to do.
00:32:27 Will 9:00 be all right?
00:35:14 Stop it!
00:37:35 You be the applicant.
00:39:42 Gerald, does the thought of being a success really frighten you so much?
00:44:03 Only the board knows that.
00:45:59 ....and know who is here when they are here.
00:48:11 -How are things at home? -Fine, sugar. All your sisters about grown.
00:50:06 See, Emma's sanctified. I'm modern.
00:52:41 -What? -Time-out.
00:54:56 My ass bleeds for you.
00:57:34 But these kids don't know jobs or hustling. That's why they're here.
00:59:59 ...of the alternate board members, the former board members...
01:05:04 Cardsharp, con artist.
01:06:41 No whining, no bitching and no shucking. Or you're fired.
01:09:17 It is time you had a say in how you live or how you die...
01:11:16 Willie.
475:00:00 in a shopping bag.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed734
Dialogue density5.4 lines / min
First line00:07:33
Final line475:00:00
Production Record
DirectorSidney Poitier
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,549