A Piece of the Action 47 years old

A delightfully delicious dilemma!

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.

Credits

A Piece of the Action Cast

Name Character
James Earl Jones He was 46, now 93 years old as Joshua Burke
Marc Lawrence He was 67, 95 years old when he died as Louie
Sidney Poitier He was 50, now 97 years old as Manny Durrell
Bill Cosby He was 40, now 87 years old as Dave Anderson
Jason Evers He was 55, 83 years old when he died as Ty Shorter
Denise Nicholas She was 33, now 80 years old as Lila French
Titos Vandis He was 59, 85 years old when he died as Bruno
Tracy Reed She was 35, 69 years old when she died as Nikki McLean
Hope Clarke She was 36, now 83 years old as Sarah Thomas
Frances Foster She was 53, 73 years old when she died as Bea Quitman
Ja'net Dubois She was 39, now 86 years old as Nellie Bond

A Piece of the Action Crew

Name Department
Pembroke J. Herring as Editor. He was 47 (now 94) years old Editing
Donald M. Morgan as Director of Photography. He was 45 (now 92) years old Camera
Charles Blackwell as Screenplay. He was 37 (now 84) years old Writing
Alfred Sweeney as Production Design. He was 62 (69) years old when He died Art
Melville Tucker as Producer. Production
Timothy March as Story. Writing
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A Piece of the Action (47 years)

A delightfully delicious dilemma!

  • Release day: Friday, October 07, 1977
  • Runtime: 135 minutes