A Piece of the Action

6.4

/10

2h 15m 7+Drama Comedy Thriller Crime

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.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 o... Read more

Starring Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, James Earl Jones, Denise Nicholas, Hope Clarke, Tracy Reed, Ja'net DuBois, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Titos Vandis, Frances Foster

Watch "A Piece of the Action" on Apple TV+ (itunes) released in 1977. It's a drama and comedy movie, and has a rating of 6.4 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie, and is currently only available for purchase or rent.