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7.3/10 • 9

1975-05-21 • 1h 35m

Drama

He Had the Lightest Touch in a Heavy Town.

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.

Directors
Joseph Manduke

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Laurence Fishburne

    Laurence Fishburne

    Wilford Robinson

  2. Tierre Turner

    Tierre Turner

    Earl Carter

  3. Jamaal Wilkes

    Jamaal Wilkes

    Nathaniel 'Cornbread' Hamilton

  4. Moses Gunn

    Moses Gunn

    Benjamin Blackwell

  5. Rosalind Cash

    Rosalind Cash

    Sarah Robinson

  6. Bernie Casey

    Bernie Casey

    Officer Larry Atkins

  7. Antonio Fargas

    Antonio Fargas

    One-Eye

  8. Stack Pierce

    Stack Pierce

    Sam Hamilton

  9. Erik Kilpatrick

    Erik Kilpatrick

    Ace

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Original Language
English
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Keywords
police brutalitycoming of agecourtroombasketball player