Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
- Starring:
- Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, (more)
- Director(s):
- Sidney Poitier
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Uptown Saturday Night
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. ~ Linda Rasmussen, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 104 mins
Complete Cast of Uptown Saturday Night
- Sidney Poitier - Steve Jackson
- Harry Belafonte - Geechie Dan Beauford
- Flip Wilson - The Reverend
- Rosalind Cash - Sarah Jackson
- Lee Chamberlin - Madame Zenobia
- Lincoln Kilpatrick - Slim's Henchman #1
- Harold Nicholas - Little Seymour
- Ketty Lester - Irma Franklin
- Bill Cosby - Wardell Franklin
- Calvin Lockhart - Silky Slim
- Richard Pryor - Sharp Eye Washington
- Roscoe Lee Browne - Congressman Lincoln
- Paula Kelly - Leggy Peggy
- Don Marshall - Slim's Henchman #2
- Johnny Sekka - Geechie's Henchman
- Director(s):
- Sidney Poitier
- Writer(s):
- Richard Wesley
- Producer(s):
- Melville Tucker
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Adult Language, Violence, Adult Situations, Suitable for Children)
- Categories:
- Comedy
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