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A Piece of the Action

A Piece of the Action (1977)

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Release Date: Jan 1, 1977 Wide

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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 play 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

PG, 2 hr. 20 min.

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Jan 13, 2004

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A group of con artists get paired up by one wily policeman to assist in a neighborhood community center instead of facing hard time. Still as funny and a bit dated but just as good.

August 16, 2007
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