Uptown Saturday Night

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Movie Info

Uptown Saturday Night is a delightful comedy directed by and starring Sidney Poitier. Steve Jackson (Sidney Poitier) is a factory worker. One evening, when boredom gets the best of him, Steve and his pal Wardell (Bill Cosby) decide to go to an underground gambling club to have some fun. While they are there the place is held-up and Steve's wallet is stolen. When Steve and Wardell learn that the wallet contains a winning lottery ticket, the friends go on a desperate search to find it. Shape Eye Washington (Richard Prior), an incompetent private eye, is enlisted to aid them in their search through the criminal underworld where they come up against Geechie Dan Beauford (Harry Belafonte) the mobster who runs the town. Belafonte, in a hilarious parody of Marlon Brando in The Godfather, steals the show. The movie was a huge success and led to two sequels, Let's Do It Again and A Piece of the Action, both also directed by Poitier.
  • Rating:
    PG
  • Genre:
    Classics, Comedy
  • Directed By:
    Sidney Poitier
  • Written By:
    Richard Wesley
  • In Theaters:
     wide
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    WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES

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
Rosalind Cash
as Sarah Jackson
Roscoe Lee Browne
as Congressman Lincoln
Paula Kelly
as Leggy Peggy
Lee Chamberlin
as Mme. Zenobia
Johnny Sekka
as Geechie's Henchman
Calvin Lockhart
as Silky Slim
Lincoln Kilpatrick
as Slim's Henchman No. 1
Ketty Lester
as Irma Franklin
Don Marshall
as Slim's Henchman No. 2
Harold Nicholas
as Little Seymour
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Audience Reviews for Uptown Saturday Night

  • Jun 16, 2008
    Not as good as "Let's Do It Again", but has its moments.
    Anthony V Super Reviewer
  • Jun 02, 2008
    Something about Bill Cosby picking a fight makes me laugh.
    Keith M Super Reviewer
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