A Piece of the Action (1977). This is something that many people need today. Common courtesy and critical thinking are two things that are seemingly lost in modern society. Starring Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, James Earl Jones, Denise Nicholas, Hope Clarke, Tracy Reed, Ja'net DuBois, Frances Foster, Ernest Thomas, Eric Laneuville, Sheryl Lee Ralph Dave Anderson (Bill Cosby, Man and Boy, Let's Do It Again) and Manny Durrell (Sidney Portier, In The Heat of the Night, Buck and the Preacher) are two