A Piece of the Action (1977)

Directed by

Sidney Poitier

Genre

heist film, buddy film, blaxploitation film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 15m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 21 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two high-class thieves who have eluded capture are blackmailed by a retired detective. They are forced to work at a youth center and help reform juvenile delinquents.

wittylight-heartedfunsmoothplayfulbreezyclevereasygoing

What happens

A Piece of the Action is a 1977 American crime comedy film directed by and starring Sidney Poitier and co-starring Bill Cosby. It was the third film pairing of Poitier and Cosby, following Uptown Saturday Night (1974) and Let's Do It Again (1975). The films are considered a trilogy, even though the actors play new characters in each film. It was also Poitier's last acting role for more than a decade, as he focused his attentions on directing. The film focuses on two high-class thieves who have managed to evade arrests. A retired detective blackmails them into working for a youth center and into assisting in the reformation of juvenile delinquents. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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