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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.
Keywords
detective
ghetto
train
disco
Casts

Sidney Poitier
Manny Durrell

Bill Cosby
Dave Anderson

James Earl Jones
Joshua Burke

Denise Nicholas
Lila French

Hope Clarke
Sarah Thomas

Tracy Reed
Nikki McLean

Ja'net DuBois
Nellie Bond

Sheryl Lee Ralph
Barbara Hanley

Titos Vandis
Bruno

Frances Foster
Bea Quitman

Jason Evers
Ty Shorter

Marc Lawrence
Louie

Ernest Lee Thomas
John

Eric Laneuville
Gerald

Estelle Evans
Alberta Ballard

Bill Walker
Clair Hurst

Angus Scrimm
Monk

Tamu Blackwell
Cheryl

James Wheaton
Voisin Waiter
Crews

Sidney Poitier
Director

Bob Minor
Stunts

Henry Kingi
Stunt Coordinator

Tony Brubaker
Stunt Double
Donald M. Morgan
Director of Photography
Alfred Sweeney
Production Design
Charles Blackwell
Screenplay

Curtis Mayfield
Original Music Composer
Pembroke J. Herring
Editor
Timothy March
Story
Melville Tucker
Producer

Drew Struzan
Art Designer
Backdrops & Posters

