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.
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Cast
- Moses GunnBenjamin Blackwell
- Rosalind CashSarah Robinson
- Bernie CaseyOfficer Larry Atkins
- Madge SinclairLeona Hamilton
- Laurence FishburneWilford Robinson
- Thalmus RasulalaCharlie
- Antonio FargasOne-Eye
- Logan RamseyDeputy Coroner
- Vince MartoranoOfficer John Golich
- Charles LampkinFred Jenkins
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- Joseph MandukeDirector
- Leonard LamensdorfScreenplay
- Ronald FairNovel
- Jules BrennerDirector of Photography
- Donald ByrdOriginal Music Composer
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