A Piece of the Action
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A Piece of the Action is a 1977 comedy film starring Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby as con men forced to help troubled youth, completing the loose trilogy that began with Uptown Saturday Night.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Piece of the Action canonical | 3 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| character |
Dave Anderson
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ⓘ
Joshua Burke NERFINISHED ⓘ Manny Durrell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Donald M. Morgan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | color ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Sidney Poitier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Pembroke J. Herring NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresMusicGenre |
funk
ⓘ
soul ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Let's Do It Again NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
crime comedy ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
crime and redemption
ⓘ
rehabilitation of juvenile delinquents ⓘ social responsibility ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Curtis Mayfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | pairing Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby as con men helping troubled youth ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | loose trilogy with Uptown Saturday Night and Let's Do It Again ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Two successful con men are blackmailed into working with troubled youth at a community center. ⓘ |
| portrays |
Bill Cosby as Dave Anderson
ⓘ
James Earl Jones as Joshua Burke NERFINISHED ⓘ Sidney Poitier as Manny Durrell ⓘ |
| prequelInSeries |
Let's Do It Again
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ⓘ
Uptown Saturday Night NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Hanna Weinstein
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ⓘ
Sidney Poitier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | First Artists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 135 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Charles Blackwell
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ⓘ
Timothy March NERFINISHED ⓘ Toni Amber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1970s ⓘ |
| starring |
Bill Cosby
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ⓘ
Denise Nicholas NERFINISHED ⓘ Hope Clarke NERFINISHED ⓘ James Earl Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ Sheryl Lee Ralph NERFINISHED ⓘ Sidney Poitier NERFINISHED ⓘ Titos Vandis NERFINISHED ⓘ Tracy Reed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.