Film
Uptown Saturday Night
1974 · 1h 44m · Comedy · Crime · Action
They get funny when you mess with their money.
- IMDb
- 6.6
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 70%
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Overview
Two blue-collar buddies search the underworld for a winning lottery ticket lost in a nightclub holdup.
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Cast
Sidney Poitier
Steve Jackson
Bill Cosby
Wardell Franklin
Harry Belafonte
Geechie Dan Beauford
Flip Wilson
The Reverend
Richard Pryor
Sharp Eye Washington
Calvin Lockhart
Silky Slim
Rosalind Cash
Sarah Jackson
Roscoe Lee Browne
Congressman Lincoln
Paula Kelly
Leggy Peggy
Lee Chamberlin
Madame Zenobia
Johnny Sekka
Geechie's Henchman
Lincoln Kilpatrick
Slim's Henchman #1
Ketty Lester
Irma
Don Marshall
Slim's Henchman #2
Harold Nicholas
Little Seymour
Jophery C. Brown
Geechie Dan's Henchman (uncredited)
Crew
- Sidney PoitierDirector
- Richard WesleyWriter
- Melville TuckerProducer
- Fred J. KoenekampDirector of Photography
- Tom ScottOriginal Music Composer
- Pembroke J. HerringEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- July 26, 1974
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $3,000,000
- Revenue
- $6,700,000
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Action
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