Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
1h 44m
Running Time
July 26, 1974Release Date
Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
1h 44m
Running Time
July 26, 1974Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
Two blue-collar buddies search the underworld for a winning lottery ticket lost in a nightclub holdup.
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Cast & Crew.
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
Richard Wesley
Writer
Melville Tucker
Producer
Don Marshall
Slim's Henchman #2
Tom Scott
Composer
Harold Nicholas
Little Seymour
Fred J. Koenekamp
Cinematographer
Jophery C. Brown
Geechie Dan's Henchman (uncredited) / Stunts
Pembroke J. Herring
Editor
Juanita Brown
Congressman Lincoln's Receptionist (uncredited)
Morris Buchanan
Waldorf Patron (uncredited)
Alfred Sweeney
ProductionDesigner
Richard L. Duran
Waldorf Patron (uncredited)
Paul Harris
Police Officer (uncredited)
Stevie Mack
Church Member (uncredited)
Earl Maynard
Waldorf Bartender (uncredited)
Gene McDaniels
Member of the Choir (uncredited)
Marie O'Henry
Girl at Robbery Scene (uncredited)
Ray Parker, Jr.
Ray (uncredited)
Stack Pierce
Gambler in Tuxedo (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 26, 1974
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 44m
Content RatingPG
Budget$3,000,000
Box Office$6,700,000
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
gambling
robbery
ghetto
male friendship
lottery
urban
lottery ticket
Wiki.
Uptown Saturday Night is a 1974 American action comedy and crime comedy film, written by Richard Wesley and directed by and starring Sidney Poitier, with Bill Cosby and Harry Belafonte co-starring. Cosby and Poitier teamed up again for Let's Do It Again (1975) and A Piece of the Action (1977). Although Cosby's and Poitier's characters have different names in each film, the three films are considered a trilogy. Uptown Saturday Night premiered on June 15, 1974, at the Criterion Theatre in New York and opened to positive reviews.
The plot of the film revolves around efforts to retrieve a stolen wallet, which contains a winning lottery ticket.
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