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He Had the Lightest Touch in a Heavy Town.
The unintentional shooting by police of a star basketball player has profound personal, political and community repercussions in this acclaimed adaptation of the novel Hog Butcher by Ronald Fair. This was one of the more thoughtful urban dramas produced at the height of the "blaxploitation" craze. Also released under the title Hit the Open Man, it features the screen debut of Laurence Fishburne, who was barely a teenager at the time.
Cast: Moses Gunn, Rosalind Cash, Bernie Casey, Madge Sinclair, Laurence Fishburne, Thalmus Rasulala, Antonio Fargas, Logan Ramsey, Vince Martorano, Charles Lampkin, Stefan Gierasch, Stack Pierce, Tierre Turner, Jamaal Wilkes, Erik Kilpatrick, Bill Henderson, Randy Martin, Hal Baylor, J. Jay Saunders, Don Newsome
Writers: Ronald Fair (Novel), Leonard Lamensdorf (Screenplay)
Cinematographer: Jules Brenner
Composer: Donald Byrd
Casting Director: Lynn Stalmaster
Production: American International Pictures, ML Productions
