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Hope Clarke, Bill Cosby, Ja'Net DuBois, Jason Evers, Frances Foster ... see more see more... , James Earl Jones , Marc Lawrence I , Denise Nicholas , Sidney Poitier , Tracy Reed , Titos Vandis , Rudy Diaz , Cyril Poitier , Sheryl Lee Ralph , Pat Renella , Wonderful Smith , Ernest Thomas , Eric Laneuville , Edward Love , Bryan O'Dell , Gammy Burdett , Kurt Grayson

Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier, co-stars of the comic capers Uptown Saturday Night and Let's Do It Again, team up again for this socially conscious comedy-adventure. This time out, Poitier and Cosby pl... read more read more...ay Manny Durrell and Dave Anderson, Windy City con artists with a long history of cheating crooks who rip off the poor. They are blackmailed by retired cop Joshua Burke (James Earl Jones) into "giving back to the community." Manny and Dave soon find themselves posing as career counselors for a group of surly inner-city youths at a local community center. Despite the efforts of such unruly kids as class clown Gerald (Eric Laneuville) and bitter Barbara (Sheryl Lee Ralph), Manny actually begins to take pride in the help he's giving to his students. Soon, though, he's forced to deal with two additional obstacles: the arrival of his girlfriend's obnoxious parents (Gammy Burdett and Wonderful Smith) and the attentions of a local mobster (Titos Vandis) upset that he's been had. As with his previous Cosby collaborations, Poitier directed A Piece of the Action, whose cast also includes Denise Nicholas as a community center leader, Tracy Reed as Manny's girlfriend, Nikki, and Ja'net DuBois as Nikki's tipsy aunt, Nellie. ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi

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Directed by: Sidney Poitier

Release Date: January 1, 1977

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