The unintentional shooting by police of a star basketball player has profound personal, political and community repercussions in this acclaimed adaptation of the novel Hog Butcher by Ronald Fair. This was one of the more thoughtful urban dramas produced at the height of the "blaxploitation" craze. Also released under the title Hit the Open Man, it features the screen debut of Laurence Fishburne, who was barely a teenager at the time.
as Benjamin Blackwell
as Sarah Robinson
as Officer Larry Atkins
as Leona Hamilton
as Wilford Robinson
as Charlie
as One-Eye
as Deputy Coroner
as Officer John Golich
as Fred Jenkins
as Sgt. Danaher
as Sam Hamilton
as Earl Carter
as Nathaniel 'Cornbread' Hamilton
as Ace
as Watkins
as Shifty
as Mr. Wilson
as Mr. Johnson
as Jack
as Mrs. Parsons
as Det. Simmons
as Det. Kelly
as Diane
as Mr. Carter
as Stud
as Edna
as Morgue Man (as Tommy Maier)
as Man
as Store Manager
as Al
as Bailiff
