Key Cast:Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, James Earl Jones, Denise Nicholas, Hope Clarke, Tracey Reed, Tito Vandis, Frances Foster, Jason Evers, Marc Lawrence, Ja’net DuBois
Rating: PG
Genre(s): Comedy, Crime
"A Piece of the Action" Dance Scene
Movie Summary
Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby star in "A Piece of the Action."
Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby play two Chicago crooks who are skilled con artists. Now they are being blackmailed by some unknown person. The price? They have to donate time to a Community Center and help some delinquent youths get jobs. If they don't, they'll face time in jail.
Who is behind the mysterious request and why?
Trivia
∙ "A Piece of the Action" is the third and final movie of what is considered a trilogy of movies that Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby did together. The other two movies, Uptown Saturday Night and Let’s Do it Again are also Top 100 BlackClassicMovies.com films.
∙ Curtis Mayfield scored the "A Piece of the Action" movie soundtrack with Mavis Staples of The Staples Singers performing the songs. This album was one of the few secular music albums that Mavis Staples did.
∙ Curtis Mayfield also composed the movie soundtracks for these other Top 100 BlackClassicMovies.com films: Claudine, Sparkle and Superfly.
A Piece of the Action Movie DVD
"A Piece of the Action" stars Sidney Poitier
and Bill Cosby in their third and final teaming
during the 1970s.
In this comedy and crime drama, Poitier and
Cosby play con artists who are blackmailed
into helping a group of teenagers get jobs.
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"A Piece of the Action" Movie Poster
A Piece of the Action Movie Posters
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"A Piece of the Action" Movie Soundtrack
"A Piece of the Action" Movie Soundtrack by Curtis Mayfield
and featuring Mavis Staples
The soundtrack for this film was composed by Curtis Mayfield,
who composed other great film soundtracks during the 1970s
like "Superfly", "Let's Do It Again" and "Claudine."
Mavis Staples sings the lead on this funky and soulful
soundtrack.
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"A Piece of the Action"
Movie DVD
Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier team up together again in this 1970s comedy about a two men who are being blackmailed into helping a group of delinquent youths get jobs.
