Cornbread, Earl and Me

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PG,1hr 34min

Genre:

Drama

Release:

1975

Distributor:

MGM

Starring:

Moses Gunn, Rosalind Cash, Bernie Casey ... More

Synopsis: Cornbread (Keith Wilkes) is an African-American youth who strives to escape his ghetto surroundings. He does so by becoming a high school basketball star--and the idol of the other youngsters in his community. On the verge of starting college on a scholarship, Cornbread is mistakenly killed by a police officer. Keith Wilkes, who plays the title role, was in real life an all-American at UCLA. Cornbread, Earl and Me, which was based upon Ronald Fair's novel Hog Butcher, marked the big screen debut ... Full Synopsis

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	Mark Deming, AMG Review American International Pictures cranked out some of the most action-packed and hard-hitting movies of the 1970s blaxploitation era, and after producing a fistful of violent revenge dramas like Slaughter, Black Caesar and Coffy, the company decided to take a chance on a more positive and emotionally resonant African-American picture with Cornbread, Earl and Me. Set in Chicago in the 1970s, the movie ... Read Review