Directed by:
Joseph MandukeCinematography:
Jules BrennerCast:
Moses Gunn, Rosalind Cash, Bernie Casey, Madge Sinclair, Antonio Fargas, Thalmus Rasulala, Laurence Fishburne, Sandy Ward, Logan Ramsey, Hal Baylor (more)Plots(1)
Cornbread, a gifted basketball player, has won a scholarship and is about to get out of the ghetto when in a case of mistaken identity he's shot by the police. The youngsters in the ghetto worshipped Cornbread, and the police are trying to cover up the murder. An 11 year old black boy saw it all...on his testimony rests the explosive case! (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Moses Gunn
USA
Best movies:
The NeverEnding Story (1984)
Roots (1977) (series)
Ragtime (1981)
Rosalind Cash
USA
Best movies:
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980) (TV movie)
The New Centurions (1972)
Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
Bernie Casey
USA
Best movies:
Brian's Song (1971) (TV movie)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn (1999) (TV movie)
Madge Sinclair
Jamaica
Best movies:
The Lion King (1994)
Roots (1977) (series)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series) - a.f.
Antonio Fargas
USA
Best movies:
The Gambler (1974)
Conrack (1974)
Across 110th Street (1972)
Thalmus Rasulala
USA
Best movies:
Roots (1977) (series)
The Out of Towners (1970)
Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)
Laurence Fishburne
USA
Best movies:
The Matrix (1999)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
The Color Purple (1985)
Sandy Ward
USA
Best movies:
Being There (1979)
The Rose (1979)
Executive Action (1973)
Logan Ramsey
USA
Best movies:
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
The Winds of War (1983) (series)
The Reivers (1969)
Hal Baylor
USA
Best movies:
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
The Set-Up (1949)
The Young Lions (1958)
Stack Pierce
USA
Best movies:
V: The Final Battle (1984) (series)
V (1983) (TV movie)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Stefan Gierasch
USA
Best movies:
Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
What's Up, Doc? (1972)
The Hustler (1961)
Vince Martorano
USA
Best movies:
The Candy Snatchers (1973)
Bill Henderson
USA
Best movies:
Maverick (1994)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
Charles Lampkin
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Hank Rolike
USA
Sarina C. Grant
USA
Best movies:
The French Connection (1971)
Coma (1978)
The Hospital (1971)
J. Jay Saunders
USA
Best movies:
Beetlejuice (1988)
Thief (1981)
Gleaming the Cube (1989)
Tierre Turner
USA
Best movies:
The Crow (1994)
Man in the Chair (2007)
CHiPs (2017)
Pamela Jones
Best movies:
Buck and the Preacher (1972)