Cornbread, Earl and Me









Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975)
AIP Production #7511
Jeff and Cheryl are eyewitnesses to a brutal shooting and police coverup in Cornbread, Earl and Me.
Samuel Z. Arkoff presents
A Joe Manduke – Leonard Lamensdorf Film
original music composed by David Byrd
executive producer: Leonard Lamensdorf
screenplay by Leonard Lamensdorf
based on the novel “Hog Butcher” by Ronald L. Fair
produced and directed by Joe Manduke
Cast:
Moses Gunn as Benjamin Blackwell
Rosalind Cash as Sarah Robinson
Bernie Casey as Officer Larry Atkins
Madge Sinclair as Leona Hamilton
Keith Wilkes as Nathaniel “Cornbread” Hamilton
Stefan Gierasch as Sergeant Danaher
Charles Lampkin as Fred Jenkins
Vince Martorano as Officer John Golich
Logan Ramsey as Deputy Coroner
Thalmus Rasulala as Charlie
Antonio Fargas as “One Eye”
Laurence Fishburne III as Wilford Robinson
Stack Pierce as Sam Hamilton
Tierre Turner as Earl Carter
Bill Henderson as Watkins
Randy Martin as Shifty
Don Newsome as Jack
Erik Kilpatrick as Ace
Sarina C. Grant as Mrs. Parsons
John F. Zaccaro as Det. Simmons
Don McGovern as Det. Kelly
Hal Baylor as Mr. Wilson
Pamela Jones as Diane
J. Jay Saunders as Mr. Johnson
Al Stevenson as Mr. Carter
William Upton as Stud
Beverly Hope Atkinson as Edna
Tommy Maier as Morgue Man
Hank Rolike as Man
Sandy Ward as Store Manager
David Moody as Al
Fred Slyter as Bailiff
Bobby Webb as Bobby Webb
Mike McCants as Mike McCants
An AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL RELEASE
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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)