Directed by:
Sidney PoitierScreenplay:
Charles BlackwellCinematography:
Donald M. MorganComposer:
Curtis MayfieldCast:
Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, James Earl Jones, Denise Nicholas, Tracy Reed, Jason Evers, Marc Lawrence, Titos Vandis, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Eric Laneuville (more)Plots(1)
Manny and Dave are Chicago con artists who specialize in cheating people who take advantage of the poor. When they are blackmailed by a retired policeman into giving something back to the community, they start volunteering as career counselors for a group of uncooperative teens at the community center. Manny is beginning to enjoy helping the students when his work there in interrupted by the arrival of his girlfriend's overbearing parents and a mobster who has discovered that he cheated him. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Sidney Poitier
USA
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A Patch of Blue (1965)
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Bill Cosby
USA
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Let's Do It Again (1975)
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James Earl Jones
USA
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Denise Nicholas
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Let's Do It Again (1975)
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Tracy Reed
USA
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A Piece of the Action (1977)
Car Wash (1976)
California Dolls (1981)
Jason Evers
USA
Best movies:
New Face in Hell (1968)
A Piece of the Action (1977)
The Illustrated Man (1969)
Marc Lawrence
USA
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Vacation with a Gangster (1954)
Marathon Man (1976)
Desire (1936)
Titos Vandis
Greece
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Sheryl Lee Ralph
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Eric Laneuville
USA
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Ernest Thomas
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Estelle Evans
UK
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To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
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Bill Walker
USA
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Frances Foster
USA
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North and South (1985) (series)
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Rudy Diaz
USA
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Charles Walker
USA
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Ja'net DuBois
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A Piece of the Action (1977)
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Essex Smith
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An Early Frost (1985) (TV movie)
A Piece of the Action (1977)
Pat Renella
USA
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A Piece of the Action (1977)
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Angus Scrimm
USA
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A Piece of the Action (1977)
Phantasm II (1988)
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