
A Piece of the Action
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.
Release Date: 1977-10-07
Comedy
Crime
★★★★★★★★★★ (17 votes)
Casts

Sidney Poitier
as Manny Durrell

Bill Cosby
as Dave Anderson

James Earl Jones
as Joshua Burke

Denise Nicholas
as Lila French

Hope Clarke
as Sarah Thomas

Tracy Reed
as Nikki McLean

Ja'net DuBois
as Nellie Bond

Sheryl Lee Ralph
as Barbara Hanley

Titos Vandis
as Bruno

Frances Foster
as Bea Quitman