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.
Laurence Fishburne
as Wilford Robinson
Tierre Turner
as Earl Carter
Jamaal Wilkes
as Nathaniel 'Cornbread' Hamilton
Moses Gunn
as Benjamin Blackwell
Rosalind Cash
as Sarah Robinson
Bernie Casey
as Officer Larry Atkins
Antonio Fargas
as One-Eye
Stack Pierce
as Sam Hamilton
Erik Kilpatrick
as Ace
Madge Sinclair
as Leona Hamilton
Stefan Gierasch
as Sgt. Danaher
Charles Lampkin
as Fred Jenkins
