Uptown Saturday Night

Uptown Saturday Night

They get funny when you mess with their money.

1974•1h 44m•6.1/10

ComedyCrimeAction

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.1/10(38)

Two blue-collar buddies search the underworld for a winning lottery ticket lost in a nightclub holdup.

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Production

Verdon Productions Limited, First Artists, Warner Bros. Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier

Steve Jackson

Bill Cosby

Bill Cosby

Wardell Franklin

Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte

Geechie Dan Beauford

Flip Wilson

Flip Wilson

The Reverend

Richard Pryor

Richard Pryor

Sharp Eye Washington

Calvin Lockhart

Calvin Lockhart

Silky Slim

Rosalind Cash

Rosalind Cash

Sarah Jackson

Roscoe Lee Browne

Roscoe Lee Browne

Congressman Lincoln

Paula Kelly

Paula Kelly

Leggy Peggy

Lee Chamberlin

Lee Chamberlin

Madame Zenobia

Johnny Sekka

Johnny Sekka

Geechie's Henchman

Lincoln Kilpatrick

Lincoln Kilpatrick

Slim's Henchman #1

Ketty Lester

Ketty Lester

Irma

Don Marshall

Don Marshall

Slim's Henchman #2

Harold Nicholas

Harold Nicholas

Little Seymour

Jophery C. Brown

Jophery C. Brown

Geechie Dan's Henchman (uncredited)

Juanita Brown

Juanita Brown

Congressman Lincoln's Receptionist (uncredited)

Morris Buchanan

Morris Buchanan

Waldorf Patron (uncredited)

Richard L. Duran

Richard L. Duran

Waldorf Patron (uncredited)

Paul Harris

Paul Harris

Police Officer (uncredited)

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