Released:
1975-05-21

Overview:
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.

Director:
Joseph Manduke

Runtime:
1h 35min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Moses Gunn
  as
  Benjamin Blackwell
• 
  Rosalind Cash
  as
  Sarah Robinson
• 
  Bernie Casey
  as
  Officer Larry Atkins
• 
  Madge Sinclair
  as
  Leona Hamilton
• 
  Laurence Fishburne
  as
  Wilford Robinson