A Piece of the Action
A delightfully delicious dilemma!
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10/7/1977Runtime
135 minsOverview
How does retired cop Joshua Burke (James Earl Jones) get two career criminals, Manny Durrell (Sidney Poitier) and Dave Anderson (Bill Cosby), to follow the straight and narrow? Con them into helping juvenile delinquents turn over a new leaf. But how? Burke has never been able to nail the duo, but he uses what he knows of their seedy past to blackmail them into volunteering.
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A breezy heist-comedy about a cop conning two smooth-talking con men into doing good deeds, all set to a groovy 70s beat. It's the kind of feel-good caper that doesn't take itself seriously and runs on charm and chemistry.
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