A Piece of the Action

A Piece of the Action (1977) is a comedy, crime film directed by Sidney Poitier rated 5.8/10.

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.

Cast

Sidney Poitier

Manny Durrell

Bill Cosby

Dave Anderson

James Earl Jones

Joshua Burke

Denise Nicholas

Lila French

Hope Clarke

Sarah Thomas

Tracy Reed

Nikki McLean

Ja'net DuBois

Nellie Bond

Sheryl Lee Ralph

Barbara Hanley

Titos Vandis

Bruno

Frances Foster

Bea Quitman

Jason Evers

Ty Shorter

Marc Lawrence

Louie