A Piece of the Action

Year: 1977

Runtime: 135 mins

Language: English

ComedyCrime

Retired police officer Joshua Burke (James Earl Jones) devises a risky plan to reform wayward youth by forcing two career criminals—Manny Durrell (Sidney Poitier) and Dave Anderson (Bill Cosby)—to work for him. Though he has never caught them, Burke uses his knowledge of their shady pasts to blackmail the pair into volunteering, hoping they’ll guide the juveniles onto a straight‑and‑narrow path.

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