A Piece of The Action

– How does retired cop Joshua Burke (James Earl Jones) get two career criminals, Manny Durrell (Sidney..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.40 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 15 Minutes
Release Year:
1977
A Piece of the Action (1977)

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.

Story Timeline:
Producing Country:
USA
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Genre:

A Piece of the Action (1977) - Trailer

Release Date:

27 Feb 1978

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
PG – Parental Guidance Suggested

Some material may not be suitable for children. Parents urged to give "parental guidance". May contain some material parents might not like for their young children.

Director:

Sidney Poitier

Writer:

Charles Blackwell, Timothy March (story)

Main Actors:

Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, James Earl Jones, Denise Nicholas

Plot:

Dave Anderson and Manny Durrell are two high-class sneak thieves who have never been caught. Joshua Burke is a retired detective who has enough evidence on the both of them to put them behind bars. Instead, he offers to maintain his silence if the crooks will go straight and do work at a youth center for delinquents. At first, the crooks are reluctant and unwilling (and so are the kids). As time goes by they gain the trust and admiration of the kids and they start to enjoy the job. All goes well until someone out of the past tells them they have to do one last heist...or else...

Production:

WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.4/10