Released:
1977-10-07

Overview:
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.

Director:
Sidney Poitier

Runtime:
2h 15min

Genre:
Comedy, Crime

• Cast:
• 
  Sidney Poitier
  as
  Manny Durrell
• 
  Bill Cosby
  as
  Dave Anderson
• 
  James Earl Jones
  as
  Joshua Burke
• 
  Denise Nicholas
  as
  Lila French
• 
  Hope Clarke
  as
  Sarah Thomas