A Piece of the Action
A retired Chicago cop blackmails two rich thieves into "volunteering" to help juvenile delinquents change paths.
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 2h 15m
- Released
- 1977
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1977
Storyline
A retired Chicago cop blackmails two rich thieves into "volunteering" to help juvenile delinquents change paths.
Top credits
Sidney Poitier — Manny Durrell
Bill Cosby — Dave Anderson
James Earl Jones — Joshua Burke
Denise Nicholas — Lila French
Did you know
• Sheryl Lee Ralph and Sherri Poitier's film debut.
• After this movie Sidney Poitier retired from acting for 11-years until Shoot To Kill in 1988. During his acting retirement he worked on his autobiography and was busy directing films (Stir Crazy being the most popular).
• This marks the third time Sidney Poitier directed Bill Cosby, after Uptown Saturday Night (1974) and Let's Do It Again (1975).
User reviews
A Piece of the Action provides an enjoyable final teaming of Poitier and Cosby
Three times too many
Sidney bows out...
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Color
