Cornbread, Earl and Me
1975 · 95 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 1,112 VOTES · DIR. Joseph Manduke
Overview
The unintentional shooting by police of a star basketball player has profound personal, political and community repercussions in this acclaimed adaptation of the novel Hog Butcher by Ronald Fair. This was one of the more thoughtful urban dramas produced at the height of the "blaxploitation" craze. Also released under the title Hit the Open Man, it features the screen debut of Laurence Fishburne, who was barely a teenager at the time.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,978 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:35 [Cornbread] LET'S GO, TEAM. LET'S SLOW IT DOWN.
00:05:00 YOU TAKE CARE OF THE URBAN LEAGUE
00:08:18 RUNNING NUMBERS FOR ME?
00:11:44 CORNBREAD IS THE GREATEST PLAYER IN THE CITY!
00:15:10 YOU SPLIT THE OTHER.
00:19:18 SEE YOU LATER, HEAR?
00:23:41 CHARLIE...
00:28:12 BUT SHE'S BREATHING.
00:32:00 AND A-3...
00:37:53 CAN WE-- WE HAVE HIM NOW?
00:42:46 WHICH SCHOOL HE WANTED TO GO TO.
00:46:46 WITNESSES WHO'VE TOLD ME
00:49:50 THAT'S ALL WE'VE BEEN DOING
00:54:06 TO TEL L THE TRUTH?
00:57:25 BEFORE YOU GET YOURSELF IN TROUBLE.
01:01:34 SO SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE.
01:05:52 CONCERNING THE DEATH OF ONE NATHANIEL HAMILTON.
01:10:30 WELL, THIS GUY WAS RUNNING
01:14:16 . WELL, I--I JUS T WASN'T LOOKING OUT
01:17:55 - BUT, MR. JUDGE, UM , JUDGE, YOUR HONOR-
01:22:46 YES, SIR.
01:27:02 BESIDES, HE WAS ALWAYS PLAYING BASKETBALL.
01:32:42 NO, NO, EARL, THAT'S NOT THE WAY.
01:35:02 ? CORNBREAD ?
Cast & Characters
Moses Gunn
Benjamin Blackwell
Rosalind Cash
Sarah Robinson
Bernie Casey
Officer Larry Atkins
Madge Sinclair
Leona Hamilton
Jamaal Wilkes
Nathaniel 'Cornbread' Hamilton
Stefan Gierasch
Sgt. Danaher
Charles Lampkin
Fred Jenkins
Vince Martorano
Officer John Golich
Logan Ramsey
Deputy Coroner
Thalmus Rasulala
Charlie
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,978
Dialogue density20.8 lines / min
First line00:00:35
Final line01:35:02
Production Record
DirectorJoseph Manduke
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,112