A Piece Of The Action
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier
Bill Cosby
James Wheaton
Karole Selmon
Candy Ward
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Manny and Dave are Chicago con artists who specialize in cheating people who take advantage of the poor. When they are blackmailed by a retired policeman into giving something back to the community, they start volunteering as career counselors for a group of uncooperative teens at the community center. Manny is beginning to enjoy helping the students when his work there in interrupted by the arrival of his girlfriend's overbearing parents and a mobster who has discovered that he cheated him.
Cast
Sidney Poitier
Bill Cosby
James Wheaton
Karole Selmon
Candy Ward
Edward Love
Bryan O'dell
Marc Lawrence
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Tracy Reed
Eric Laneuville
Larry Beecham
Gloria Delaney
Frances Foster
Bill Walker
Gammy Burdett
Lawrence Guy
Kurt Grayson
Frances E Williams
Estelle Evans
Jason Evers
Theoris Usher
Albert Reed
Denise Nicholas
Wonderful Smith
James Earl Jones
Rudy Diaz
Dianne O Dixon
Thomas Benjamin
Steve Vignari
Ernest Thomas
Hope Clarke
Titos Vandis
Essex Smith
Cyril Poitier
Sherri Poitier
Pat Renella
Jack Brami
Crew
Gil Askey
Gil Askey
Charles Blackwell
Marie Brown
Willie Burton
Pembroke J. Herring
Pembroke J. Herring
Craig W Huston
Kris Keiser
Henry Kingi
Timothy March
Timothy March
Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Mayfield
Mickey Mccardle
William Mccaughey
William J Mclaughlin
Arthur Mitchell
Donald M Morgan
Donald M Morgan
David Rawley
John Riordan
Mavis Staples
Alfred Sweeney
Melville Tucker
Monty Westmore
Dwight Williams
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Fall October 1977
Released in United States July 18, 1990
Released in United States October 1977
Released in United States on Video July 18, 1990
c Metrocolor
12152 feet
rtg BBFC A
rtg MPAA PG
Released in United States July 18, 1990
Released in United States on Video July 18, 1990
Released in United States Fall October 1977
Released in United States October 1977
