About
The unintentional shooting by police of a star basketball player has profound personal, political and community repercussions in this acclaimed adaptation of the novel Hog Butcher by Ronald 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.
Theatrical
May 21, 1975
DVD / Blu-ray
Oct 16, 2001
Director
Writer
Leonard Lamensdorf
Music
Donald Byrd
Studio
American International Pictures, ML Productions
Cast
Full credits →M
Moses Gunn
Benjamin Blackwell
R
Rosalind Cash
Sarah Robinson
B
Bernie Casey
Officer Larry Atkins
M
Madge Sinclair
Leona Hamilton
L
Laurence Fishburne
Wilford Robinson
T
Thalmus Rasulala
Charlie
A
Antonio Fargas
One-Eye
L
Logan Ramsey
Deputy Coroner
V
Vince Martorano
Officer John Golich
C
Charles Lampkin
Fred Jenkins
S
Stefan Gierasch
Sgt. Danaher
S
Stack Pierce
Sam Hamilton
T
Tierre Turner
Earl Carter
J
Jamaal Wilkes
Nathaniel 'Cornbread' Hamilton
E
Erik Kilpatrick
Ace
B
Bill Henderson
Watkins
R
Randy Martin
Shifty
H
Hal Baylor
Mr. Wilson
J
J. Jay Saunders
Mr. Johnson
D
Don Newsome
Jack
