A Piece of the Action

A delightfully delicious dilemma!

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IMDb Ratings

6.5/10

Movie Details

Title
A Piece of the Action
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.
Runtime
2 h 15 min
Release Date
7 October 1977
Actors
Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, James Earl Jones, Denise Nicholas, Hope Clarke, Tracy Reed, Ja'net DuBois, Titos Vandis, Frances Foster, Jason Evers, Marc Lawrence
Certification
PG
Genres
Comedy, Thriller
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