---
title: 'A Piece of the Action (1977)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sidney Poitier'
released: '1977-10-07'
runtime_minutes: 135
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-piece-of-the-action-1977'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076543/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# A Piece of the Action (1977)

1977 · 135 min · United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Sidney Poitier](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-poitier)
- **Screenplay:** [Charles Blackwell](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-blackwell)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Curtis Mayfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/curtis-mayfield)
- **Director of Photography:** [Donald M. Morgan](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-m-morgan)
- **Editor:** [Pembroke J. Herring](https://cinepixo.com/people/pembroke-j-herring)

## Cast

- [James Earl Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-earl-jones)
- [Estelle Evans](https://cinepixo.com/people/estelle-evans)
- [Eric Laneuville](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-laneuville)
- [Denise Nicholas](https://cinepixo.com/people/denise-nicholas)
- [Frances Foster](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-foster)
- [Sidney Poitier](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-poitier)
- [Bill Cosby](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-cosby)
- [Ernest Lee Thomas](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-lee-thomas)
- [Marc Lawrence](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-lawrence)
- [Jason Evers](https://cinepixo.com/people/jason-evers)
- [Sheryl Lee Ralph](https://cinepixo.com/people/sheryl-lee-ralph)
- [Angus Scrimm](https://cinepixo.com/people/angus-scrimm)

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