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A Piece of the Action(Movie, 1977)

PG
| 2h 15min | Genres: Comedy, Thriller
A Piece of the ActionRating: 2.7/5 (with 66 votes)
A Piece of the Action is a 1977 American crime comedy film directed by and starring Sidney Poitier and co-starring Bill Cosby. It was the third film pairing of Poitier and Cosby, following Uptown Saturday Night (1974) and Let's Do It Again (1975). The films are considered a trilogy, even though the actors play characters with different names in each film. It was also Poitier's last acting role for more than a decade, as he focused his attentions on directing. The film focuses on two high-class thieves who have managed to evade arrests. A retired detective blackmails them into working for a youth center and into assisting in the reformation of juvenile delinquents. ()
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About A Piece of the Action

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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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES)
Translated into 8 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Korean (KO), Polish (PL), Russian (RU)
Status: Released
Release date US: 10/07/1977
Director: Sidney Poitier
Screenwriter: Charles Blackwell
Film Editor: Pembroke J. Herring
Director of Photography: Donald M. Morgan
Composer: Curtis Mayfield
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Ausgetrickst"

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