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Bernie Casey, Keith Wilkes, Laurence Fishburne

The unintentional shooting by police of a star basketball player has profound personal, political and community repercussions in this acclaimed adaptation of the novel &NFi;Hog Butcher&NFi_; by Ronald...( read more  read more... ) Fair. This was one of the more thoughtful urban dramas produced at the height of the "blaxploitation" craze. Also released under the title Hit the Open Man, it features the screen debut of Laurence Fishburne, who was barely a teenager at the time.

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Directed by: Joseph Manduke

Release Date: December 31, 1974

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DVD Release Date: October 16, 2001

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  • chunkyvege
    June 20, 2009
    chunkyvege
    A wonderful movie-features a very talented 12 year old Laurence Fishburne
  • RKYOTOJ
    June 16, 2009
    RKYOTOJ
    ONE OF THE FIRST MOVIES I SAW IN HE THEATER

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