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A Piece of the Action

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A Piece of the Action
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PG,2hrs 20min
Genre:
Comedy
Release:
1977
Director:
Sidney Poitier
Distributor:
Warner Home Video
Starring:
Hope Clarke, Bill Cosby, Ja'net DuBois  ...more
Synopsis: Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier, co-stars of the comic capers Uptown Saturday Night and Let's Do It Again, team up again for this socially conscious comedy-adventure. This time out, Poitier and Cosby play Manny Durrell and Dave Anderson, Windy City con artists with a long history of cheating crooks who rip off the poor. They are blackmailed by retired cop Joshua Burke (James Earl Jones) into "giving back to the community." Manny and Dave soon find themselves posing as career counselors for a group ... Full Synopsis
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Brian J. Dillard, AMG Review
The third and final installment in the Bill Cosby/Sidney Poitier "trilogy," A Piece of the Action again abandons the characters and plot lines of previous outings to provide a new variation on the stars' buddy dynamics. The film also eschews straight-up crime comedy for something a little more socially conscious. Although the comedic bits prove too broad to gel particularly well -- unless one counts ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Hope Clarke
Sarah Thomas
Bill Cosby
Dave Anderson
Ja'net DuBois
Nellie Bond
Jason Evers
Ty Shorter
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