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Cornbread, Earl and Me
1975
- PG1975 · Drama · 1h 35m
Cornbread, Earl and Me is a 1975 American coming-of-age drama film that stars Tierre Turner, Laurence Fishburne (in his film debut), and NBA player Jamaal Wilkes. It was directed and co-produced by Joseph Manduke. The film is loosely based on the 1966 Ronald Fair novel Hog Butcher.
- Joseph Manduke, Leonard Lamensdorf
- Donald Byrd
- May 21, 1975
May 21, 1975 · A 1975 drama about the murder of a black basketball star and the impact on his friends and community. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more.
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- Drama, Sport
- Joseph Manduke
- 1975-05-21
High school basketball star Nathaniel "Cornbread" Hamilton (Keith Wilkes) is the pride of his urban neighborhood, and he appears destined for big things on the court and in the classroom.
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- Joseph Manduke
- PG
- Moses Gunn
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Summaries. A 12-year-old is traumatised by the murder of his friend, a star basketball player. Nathaniel "Cornbread" Hamilton was the black urban dream and a hero to youngsters Wilford Robinson and Earl Carter. Shortly before he would have become the first man from his community to go to college, he demonstrates his scholarship-winning running ...
Cornbread, Earl & Me. MPAA Rating. Genre. Drama. Release Date. 1975. Technical Specs. Duration. 1h 34m. Color. TCM Emails. Sign Up. A hoop-dreaming, studious inner-city teen is shot down in error by a black cop and his white partner--an event traumatically witnessed by a neighborhood kid.