Movie
Uptown Saturday Night
Overview
Two blue-collar buddies search the underworld for a winning lottery ticket lost in a nightclub holdup.
Details
- Release date
- 1974-07-26
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Action
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Verdon Productions Limited, First Artists, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Sidney Poitier as Steve Jackson
- Bill Cosby as Wardell Franklin
- Harry Belafonte as Geechie Dan Beauford
- Flip Wilson as The Reverend
- Richard Pryor as Sharp Eye Washington
- Calvin Lockhart as Silky Slim
- Rosalind Cash as Sarah Jackson
- Roscoe Lee Browne as Congressman Lincoln
- Paula Kelly as Leggy Peggy
- Lee Chamberlin as Madame Zenobia
- Johnny Sekka as Geechie's Henchman
- Lincoln Kilpatrick as Slim's Henchman #1
Crew
- Sidney Poitier - Director
- Richard Wesley - Writer
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