paul dooley played earl in cornbread earl and me.
paul dooley played earl in cornbread earl and me.
who played earl in cornbread earl and me?
paul dooley
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cornbread, earl and me is a 1975 american drama film that stars tierre turner, laurence fishburne (in his film debut), & jamaal wilkes and directed and co-produced by joseph manduke, the film is loosely based on the 1966 ronald fair novel "hog butcher".









































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the plot thickens after a pick-up basketball game ends because of a heavy rain, and all the kids run to the local store and hang out, waiting for the rain to end. all the kids leave, except for cornbread, earl and wilford. earl and wilford get into a playful argument about how fast cornbread can run home. it is decided that cornbread should make it home in 25 seconds, so he runs off, after buying another soda for himself. unknown to all of them, an assault suspect is in the neighborhood, and is dressed like cornbread. the two police officers are hot on the suspect's trail, but lose him in the rain. as the police officers are coming out of an alleyway, they see cornbread running by and mistake him for the suspect they're looking for. subsequently, cornbread is shot in the back, and dies in the middle of the street. wilford screams hysterically, and a riot ensues. the coroner's inquest is hampered by severe police intimidation, and no one knows anything about the shooting, except for wilford, who becomes a man on the witness stand by telling exactly what he saw, in graphic detail.
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